🪱Dirofilaria immitis
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.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumNematoda
- ›classChromadorea
- ›orderRhabditida
- ›familyOnchocercidae
- ›genusDirofilaria
- ›speciesDirofilaria immitis
- phylumRoundworms · Nematoda
- superfamilyFilarioidea
- familyOnchocercidae
- genusDirofilaria
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumRoundworms · Nematoda
- classChromadorea
- suborderSpirurina
- infraorderSpiruromorpha
- superfamilyFilarioidea
- familyOnchocercidae
- genusDirofilaria
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