Human dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens in Sri Lanka

Parassitologia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-382

  Dissanaike, A S ^a   Abeyewickreme, W ^b   De S Wijesundera, M ^c   Weerasooriya, M V ^b   Ismail, M M ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Geographical and body distribution; Humans; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD; DIROFILARIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0031306093     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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