Guilherme G. Verocai

Indigenous harvesters detect climate-sensitive emerging disease in barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus) threatening food security

We report a filarioid nematode outbreak in barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ) from the Canadian Arctic that was identified by Inuit harvesters through a community-based surveillance program. Harvesters reported discolouration of tissues and presence of yellowish fluid ac...

Improved specificity of a probe-based real-time PCR for the detection of Dirofilaria immitis in canine blood

Abstract Background Dirofilaria immitis is a vector-borne filarioid nematode distributed worldwide and endemic across most of North America. In dogs, it is considered the most important parasite and a known cause of acquired cardiomyopathy. Clinically, canine heartworm disease ca...