Kidney ultrastructural lesions in dogs experimentally infected with Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-168

  Paes De Almeida, Elan Cardozo ^a,c   Ferreira, A M R ^a   Labarthe, N V ^a   Caldas, M L R ^a   McCall, J W ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine heartworms; Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilariasis; Kidneys; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LARVA; MALE; MESANGIUM; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIASIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 0037453412     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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