Dogs may be a reservoir host for Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-56

  Rodriguez, Rubens ^a,b   Agostini, Aventino A ^a,b   Porto, Sérgio Machado ^b   Olivaes, Augusto José Oliveira ^b   Branco, Susana L ^c   Genro, Júlia Pasquali ^c   Laitano, Antonio Carlo ^c   Maurer, Rafael Lucyk ^c   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^c  

^a Inst de Patologia de Passo Fundo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal angiostrongyliasis; Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Canis familiaris; Metastrongyloidea

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036365661     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000100010     Document Type: Article

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