Demodex spp. in the hair follicles of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 215-218

  Starost, Matthew F ^a   Karjala, Zuzana ^a   Brinster, Lauren R ^a   Miller, Georgina ^a   Eckhaus, Michael ^a   Bryant, Mark ^a   Hoffman, Victoria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Demodex; Ectoparasite; Hair follicle; Macaca mulatta; Parasite; Rhesus macaque; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMODEX; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; MONKEY DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; DEMODEX; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 21644432273     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2005.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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