Vectorial competence of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus 1762) Rio de Janeiro strain, to Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy 1856)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 593-598

  Serrão, Maria Lúcia ^a   Labarthe, Norma ^b   Lourenço de Oliveira, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dirofilaria immitis; Heartworm

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOGS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE;

EID: 0035404174     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000500001     Document Type: Article

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