First account on the larval biology of a Litomosoides filaria, from a bat

Parassitologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 89-92

  Bain, O ^a   Babayan, S ^a   Gomes, J ^b   Rojas, G ^c   Guerrero, R ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Escuela Veterinaria   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bat; Filaria; Litomosoides

Indexed keywords

ACARIDAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACARIDAE; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROFILARIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036598542     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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