Nine more cases of human infections by Dirofilaria repens diagnosed in Italy by morphology and recombinant DNA technology

Parassitologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-466

  Cancrini, G ^a   Favia, G ^a   Giannetto, S ^b   Merulla, R ^c   Russo, R ^d   Ubaldino, V ^e   Tringali, R ^f   Pietrobelli, M ^g   Del Nero, L ^h  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e Ospedale 'A Ajello'   (Italy)

^f Specialists in Malattie Infettive ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical data; Epidemiology; Human dirofilanosis; Molecular diagnosis; Morphological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; NEMATODA;

HELMINTH DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIROFILARIA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032227046     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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