Advances in the identification of Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis by a PCR-based approach

Parassitologia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-402

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilaria repens; Dog and human dirofilariosis; Molecular taxonomy

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FILARIASIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031301479     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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