Elimination of Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs, Linosa Island, Italy, 2020–2022
Emanuele Brianti
, Ettore Napoli, Giovanni De Benedetto, Luigi Venco, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Angelo Basile, Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos, Jason Drake, Roland Schaper, and Domenico Otranto
Author affiliations: University of Messina, Messina, Italy (E. Brianti, E. Napoli, G. De Benedetto, A. Basile); Ospedale Veterinario Città di Pavia, Pavia, Italy (L. Venco); University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy (J.A. Mendoza-Roldan, M.A. Bezerra-Santos, D. Otranto); Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran (D. Otranto); Elanco Animal Health, Monheim, Germany (J. Drake); RS Consultancy, Monheim (R. Schaper)
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Figure 1. Schematic design of study of elimination of Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs, Linosa Island, Italy, 2020, and follow-up examinations. G1, infected group; G2, noninjected group; T, time after start of elimination program, in months. Boldface indicates follow-up visits.
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