Dermatitis associated with dirofilaria repens microfilariae in a dog from Rome

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-177

  Tarello, Walter ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens; Dog; Microfilariae; Subcutaneous dirofilariasis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CARBESIA; CARDOTEK; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE; IMMITICIDE; IVERMECTIN; MELARSAMINE;

ALOPECIA; ANOREXIA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DERMATITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; ERYTHEMA; HYPERKERATOSIS; INTERTRIGO; ITALY; LETHARGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; PYODERMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIROFILARIA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FILARIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ITALY; MALE;

EID: 0037361870     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(02)00243-5     Document Type: Article

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