DIROFILARIA-IMMITIS AND ITS POTENTIAL MOSQUITO VECTORS IN CENTRAL NEW-YORK STATE

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 38  (8) , 1197-1200
Abstract
Screening of 25,822 dog blood samples indicated approximately a 1% infection rate with D. immitis. Dipetalonema reconditum microfilariae were found in approximately 2% of 1876 feral dogs examined. Laboratory experimentation indicated that 6 of 10 local [New York, USA] mosquito species examined allowed successful extrinsic incubation of D. immitis. Indices of experimental infection indicated that Aedes triseriatus and Anopheles quadrimaculatus were excellent hosts for D. immitis, but other factors considered, Aedes vexans probably served as the primary vector of D. immitis. Coquillettidia perturbans and the Culex pipiens-C.-restuans group were considered unsuitable hosts and thus unlikely vectors of canine heartworm. Natural filarial infections were found in A. quadrimaculatus and A. vexans.

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