Molecular survey of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens by direct PCR for wild caught mosquitoes in the Republic of Korea

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-155

  Lee, Sang Eun ^a   Kim, Heung Chul ^b   Chong, Sung Tae ^b   Klein, Terry A ^c   Lee, Won Ja ^d  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b 5th Medical Detachment   (South Korea)

^c Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Armigeres; Culex; Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilaria repens

Indexed keywords

AEDES VEXANS NIPPONI; ANOPHELES BELENRAE; ANOPHELES KLEINI; ANOPHELES LESTERI; ANOPHELES PULLUS; ANOPHELES SINENSIS; ANOPHELES SINEROIDES; ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FILARIASIS; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RATE; KOREA; LIGHT; MINIMUM FIELD INFECTION RATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; INSECT VECTORS; KOREA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES VEXANS; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES SINENSIS; ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; CULEX PIPIENS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; PULLUS;

EID: 34547429416     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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