Key factors influencing canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, in the United States.

abstract

• An examination of the Companion Animal Parasite Council's (CAPC) canine heartworm data to clarify the spatial prevalence of heartworm in the United States. Factors thought to influence the spatial risk of disease, as identified in a recent CAPC workshop, are discussed.

authors

• Kaufman, Phillip

published proceedings

• Parasit Vectors

altmetric score

• 7.75

author list (cited authors)

• Brown, H. E., Harrington, L. C., Kaufman, P. E., McKay, T., Bowman, D. D., Nelson, C. T., Wang, D., & Lund, R.

citation count

• 44

complete list of authors

• Brown, Heidi E||Harrington, Laura C||Kaufman, Phillip E||McKay, Tanja||Bowman, Dwight D||Nelson, C Thomas||Wang, Dongmei||Lund, Robert

publication date

• January 2012

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Parasites and Vectors  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Dirofilaria Immitis
• Dirofilariasis
• Dog Diseases
• Dogs
• Risk Factors
• Topography, Medical
• United States

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1186/1756-3305-5-245

start page

• 245

volume

• 5

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-245