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All dogs were asymptomatic for\n                    <jats:italic>Dirofilaria immitis<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection, resided outside (except for winter in the Northern latitudes), not on prophylaxis for\n                    <jats:italic>D. immitis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and had not traveled off of the reservation. Reservations were characterized by degrees of north latitude, true prevalence of\n                    <jats:italic>D. immitis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and a reproductive index calculated by multiplying the number of months of the year in which infective stage larvae (L\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) could develop in 30 days or less for each reservation by the 30 yr mean annual rainfall in centimeters recorded for that community. The prevalence of heartworm was directly related to the reproductive index on each reservation.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/jaaha-ms-5598","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,4,16]],"date-time":"2011-04-16T03:30:13Z","timestamp":1302924613000},"page":"179-184","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs from Underserved, Native American Reservations in the United States"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"47","author":[{"given":"Jerold H.","family":"Theis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Philip H.","family":"Kass","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eric","family":"Davis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fred","family":"Stevens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Windi","family":"Wojdak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3280","reference":[{"key":"bib1","series-title":"Canine Pract","first-page":"8","article-title":"Studies of the prevalence and distribution of filariasis in dogs from Los Angeles County California (1996\u20131998)","volume":"24","author":"Theis","year":"1999","unstructured":"Theis\n              JH\n            , StevensF, TheodoropoulosG. 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