What is new in the Wolbachia/Dirofilaria interaction?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS, 2005, Pages 127-132

  Kozek, Wieslaw J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Life cycle of release; Mechanisms of release; Morphology of release; Role of in filarial development; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXOCRINE GLAND; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KIDNEY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LUNG; MATURATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; UTERUS; WOLBACHIA; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CATS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOGS; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 26044470718     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.02.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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