Thelazia eyeworm: An original endo- and ecto-parasitic nematode

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Traversa, Donato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA ULCER; ECTOPARASITE; EPIPHORA; HOST; INTERMEDIATE HOST; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL DUCT; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; EPIPHORA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; THELAZIA;

EID: 11444257601     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.10.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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