Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, Russia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 150-152

  Kramer, Laura H ^a   Kartashev, Vladimir V ^b   Grandi, Giulio ^a   Morchón, Rodrigo ^c   Nagornii, Sergei A ^d   Karanis, Panagiotis ^e   Simón, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ROSTOV STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d Rostov Research Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEMATODE; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN NODULE; WORM; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33846034907     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060920     Document Type: Article

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