L.H. Kramer

TL;DR: Canine, feline and ferret heartworm disease are updated with regard to the clinical presentation, diagnosis, prevention, therapy and management of the disease, with special emphasis on the recently described Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease (HARD) Syndrome in cats.

TL;DR: The zoonotic aspects, effects of climate, and other global drivers on Dirofilaria infections in Europe and the possible implications on the transmission and control of these mosquito-borne nematodes are reviewed.

TL;DR: Results indicate that the combination of these two drugs causes adult worm death, which could have important implications for control of human and animal filarial infections.

TL;DR: Prospects for antifilarial therapy using Wolbachia-targeted tetracycline treatments should take into account the possibility of Wolbachian rebound, as observed at the end of the treatment, and followed by a rebound to 'normal' values 160 days later.

TL;DR: Results indicate that Wolbachia endosymbionts can be identified immunohistochemically with anti-WSP polyclonal antibodies, that their distribution matches that already described for WolbachIA of other filarial worms, and that antibiotic treatment may impede the vertical transmission of these bacteria.