Dirofilaria immitis: Experimental infection of rabbits with immature fifth-stage worms

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 667-671

  Nakagaki, Kazuhide ^a   Nogami, Sadao ^b   Araki, Kunioki ^c   Tagawa, Masahiro ^a   Maeda, Ryuichiro ^d  

^a Nippon Jui Chikusan University   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LARVA; LUNG GRANULOMA; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

EID: 0031471854     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.667     Document Type: Article

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