First two cases of human Dirofilariasis recorded in Croatia

Parasite

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 382-384

  Puizina Ivic N ^a   Dzakula N ^b   Bezic J ^a   Punda Polic V ^a   Sardelic S ^a   Kuzmic Prusac I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROATIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIROFILARIA; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LETTER; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CROATIA; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

ANIMALIA; DIROFILARIA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0346850676     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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