Macrocyclic lactone resistance in Dirofilaria immitis: Failure of heartworm preventives and investigation of genetic markers for resistance

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 167-178

  Bourguinat, Catherine ^a   Lee, Alice C Y ^b   Lizundia, Regina ^c   Blagburn, Byron L ^d   Liotta, Janice L ^b   Kraus, Marc S ^b   Keller, Kathy ^a   Epe, Christian ^c   Letourneau, Louis ^e   Kleinman, Claudia L ^f   Paterson, Tara ^g   Carretón, Elena ^h   Montoya Alonso, José Alberto ^h   Smith, Hubert ⁱ   Bhan, Aron ^j   Peregrine, Andrew S ^k   Carmichael, James ^l   Drake, Jason ^l   Schenker, Rudolf ^c   Kaminsky, Ronald ^c   Bowman, Dwight D ^b   Geary, Timothy G ^a   Prichard, Roger K ^a   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c Novartis Animal Health Centre de Recherches   (Switzerland)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

ⁱ Haywood Animal Hospital   (United States)

^j Main West Animal Hospital   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^l Novartis Animal Health   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Genetic markers; Ivermectin; Macrocyclic lactones; Moxidectin; Resistance

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; GENETIC MARKER; LACTONE; MACROLIDE; MILBEMYCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; VETERINARY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

ANIMALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; GENETIC MARKERS; IVERMECTIN; LACTONES; MACROLIDES; MALE; MICROFILARIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84929944470     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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