Angiostrongylus vasorum: A real heartbreaker

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 49-51

  Morgan, Eric R ^a   Shaw, Susan E ^a   Brennan, Sheila F ^b   De Waal, Theo D ^b   Jones, Boyd R ^b   Mulcahy, Grace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; BLOOD CLOTTING; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; WILDLIFE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CLIMATE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HEART DISEASES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 12344254111     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.11.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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