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-...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-10-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/20/3251 |
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