Dirofilaria immitis prevalence in a canine population in the Samana Peninsula (Dominican Republic) - June 2001

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-327

  Duran Struuck, Raimon ^a   Jost, Christine ^b   Hernandez, Arnaldo H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Merial Caribbean and Central America   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilariasis; Heartworm disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANIDAE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE;

EID: 26044439283     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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