Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023
Research Letter
Dirofilaria immitis in Dog Imported from Venezuela to Chile
Table
Length and width of 10 microfilariae fixed in formalin and measured using the modified Knott’s test, in a dog imported from Venezuela with Dirofilaria immitis infection, Chile, January 2022
Microfilariae | Length, μm | Width, μm |
---|---|---|
1 | 287.8 | 6.0 |
2 | 295.5 | 7.2 |
3 | 280.2 | 7.6 |
4 | 281.8 | 6.6 |
5 | 277.7 | 7.3 |
6 | 295.7 | 6.1 |
7 | 275.3 | 5.4 |
8 | 284.0 | 6.2 |
9 | 289.7 | 6.6 |
10 |
288.9 |
6.0 |
Average | 285.6 | 6.5 |
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.