Identification of a common filarial larva in Simulium damnosum s.l. (Type D, Duke, 1967) as Onchocerca ramachandrini from the wart hog

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 520-524

  Wahl, Goetz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE;

FILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; PHACOCHOERUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0029984742     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284101     Document Type: Article

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