Assessment Heartworm Disease in the Canary Islands (Spain): Risk of Transmission in a Hyperendemic Area by Ecological Niche Modeling and Its Future Projection

Assessment Heartworm Disease in the Canary Islands (Spain): Risk of Transmission in a Hyperendemic Area by Ecological Niche Modeling and Its Future Projection

Heartworm disease is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by <i>Dirofilaria immitis</i>. The Canary Islands (Spain), geolocated close to the coast of Western Sahara, is an archipelago considered hyperendemic where the average prevalence in domestic dogs is high, heterogeneous, and non-...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Morchón, Iván Rodríguez-Escolar, Ricardo E. Hernández Lambraño, José Ángel Sánchez Agudo, José Alberto Montoya-Alonso, Irene Serafín-Pérez, Carolina Fernández-Serafín, Elena Carretón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
<i>Dirofilaria immitis</i> risk model
ecological niche model
forward projection
<i>Dirofilaria immitis</i>
<i>Culex</i> spp.
Canary Islands
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/20/3251

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