Heartworm: How Climate Change Kills
How Heartworm (specifically Dirofilaria immitis) causes disease in animals, how Climate Change is making it worse, and what needs to be done about it.
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Sources:
American Heartworm Society Heartworm Guidelines
CDP Carbon Majors Report 2017
Morchón, R., Montoya-Alonso, J. A., Rodríguez-Escolar, I., & Carretón, E. (2022). What Has Happened to Heartworm Disease in Europe in the Last 10 Years?. Pathogens, 11(9), 1042.
Wolstenholme, A. J., Evans, C. C., Jimenez, P. D., & Moorhead, A. R. (2015).
The emergence of macrocyclic lactone resistance in the canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis. Parasitology, 142(10), 1249-1259.