The infective larva of Litomosoides yutajensis Guerrero et al., 2003 (Nematoda: Onchocercidae), a Wolbachia-free filaria from bat

Parasite

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-130

  Guerrero, R ^a   Bain, Odile ^b   Attout, T ^b   Martin, C ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bat; Filarioidea; Infective larva; Litomosoides; Mite; Nematoda; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILARIA; FILARIOIDEA; LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; LITOMOSOIDES YUTAJENSIS; MACRONYSSIDAE; METATHERIA; MURINAE; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; ORNITHONYSSUS BACOTI; PTERONOTUS PARNELLII; RODENTIA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MITE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MITES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33747100683     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2006132127     Document Type: Article

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