Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumNematoda
- ClassChromadorea
- OrderRhabditida
- FamilyOnchocercidae
犬心絲蟲（學名： Dirofilaria immitis，英语：Heartworm），一種寄生圓線蟲，經由蚊子透過叮咬而從一個宿主傳播到另一個宿主的身上。犬心絲蟲屬於線蟲動物門圓線蟲目絲線蟲總科，會引起絲蟲病。犬心絲蟲的主要宿主是狗，但它也會寄生在貓、狼、郊狼、胡狼、狐狸等動物。此外，包括雪貂、海獅等動物，也會受感染。在某些狀況下，也出現過人類被寄生的病例。 犬心絲蟲進入宿主身體後，會進入心臟與肺動脈系統，損壞心臟、肺臟血管及組織，造成宿主健康受到影響，嚴重者可致死。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 389
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Onchocercidae
- Collections
- CMN, CHAS, MSB, USNM
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States
Research
2,808 papers- Detecting Dirofilaria immitis: Current Practices and Novel Diagnostic Methods.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- New paradigms in research on Dirofilaria immitis.Parasites & vectors · 2023
- Dirofilaria immitis Pulmonary Dirofilariasis, Slovakia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022
- The prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens in the Old World.Veterinary parasitology · 2020
- Dirofilaria immitis Identified in Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus wollebaeki): A Wildlife Health and Conservation Concern.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dirofilaria
- Image
- Heartworm.JPG
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- Dirofilaria immitis
- taxon common name
- 개심장사상충
- endemic to
- Bangladesh
- short name
- D. immitis
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Encyclopedic overview
Dirofilaria immitis, also known as heartworm or dog heartworm, is a parasitic roundworm that is a type of filarial worm, a small thread-like worm, and which causes dirofilariasis. It is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. Four genera of mosquitoes transmit dirofilariasis, Aedes, Culex, Anopheles, and Mansonia. The definitive host is the dog, but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, ferrets, bears, seals, sea lions and, under rare circumstances, humans.
Adult heartworms often reside in the pulmonary arterial system (lung arteries) as well as the heart, and a major health effect in the infected animal host is damage to its lung vessels and tissues. Heartworm infection may result in serious complications for the infected host if left untreated, eventually leading to death, most often as a result of secondary congestive heart failure.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dirofilaria immitis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.