Sensitization to dust mites in cats with Otodectes cynotis infestation

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-94

  Saridomichelakis, Manolis N ^a   Koutinas, Alexander F ^a   Gioulekas, Dimitrios ^a   Leontides, Leonidas ^b   Polyzopoulou, Zoe ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cat; Cross reactivity; Dust mites; Otodectes cynotis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACARUS SIRO; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FELIS CATUS; OTODECTES CYNOTIS; SIRO;

EID: 0033408712     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3164.1999.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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