Is heart worms contagious?

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Is heart worms contagious?

2007-03-11 07:14:38 · 3 answers · asked by cynomynG 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases

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You mean the kind that the dogs can get?...no they are not. THey are contracted by dogs through a mosquito bite, which then infests the heart causing congestive heart faiure....completely preventable with heart worm medications.

2007-03-11 08:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by bflogal77 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Heart worms, dirofilaria immitis, are contagious from dog-to-dog and from dog-to-human. However, humans are accidental, dead-end hosts and adult worms don't reach maturity in the heart or skin. They die. There was one documented case of active infection in a human but this is atypical.

2007-03-11 09:15:09 · answer #2 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

YES THEY ARE.

2007-03-11 07:29:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋