Polymerase chain reaction-identification of Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 567-571

  Favia, G ^a   Lanfrancotti, A ^a   Della Torre, A ^a   Cancrini, G ^a   Coluzzi, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

diagnostic method; Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilaria repens; mosquitoes; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; FILARIA;

EID: 0029850673     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000067615     Document Type: Article

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