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Dr. Robert Zinna

BIOLOGY

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"A preliminary investigation of canine heartworm infection rates in Western North Carolina"

BIOS, 94(3):130-135 (2023). 

Western North Carolina has a low rate of heartworm infection relative to other areas of the state. We surveyed mosquito diversity to see if mosquito species diversity could explain the low rate of canine heartworm.