Filaria martis Gmelin 1790 (Spirurida, Filariidae) affecting beech marten (Martes foina): Morphological description and molecular characterisation of the cytochrome oxidase c subunit I

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-883

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Lia, Riccardo Paolo ^a   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a   Brianti, Emanuele ^b   Traversa, Donato ^c   Giannetto, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEECH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; FILARIA MARTIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS ERINACEI; MALE; MARTES FOINA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOTYPE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES C1; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; HELMINTH PROTEINS; ITALY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSTELIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; FILARIA MARTIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; IXODIDA; MARTES FOINA; MUSTELIDAE; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA;

EID: 34547786770     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0554-3     Document Type: Article

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