Detection of Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens DNA by polymerase chain reaction in embedded paraffin tissues from two human pulmonary locations. Case report

APMIS

Volumn 114, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 567-573

  Rivasi, Francesco ^a   Boldorini, Renzo ^b   Criante, Patrizia ^c   Leutner, Monica ^b   Pampiglione, Silvio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coin lesion; Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens; Humans; Italy; Lung; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DNA DETERMINATION; FILARIASIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; ITALY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33747381263     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_423.x     Document Type: Article

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