Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) of carnivores and humans: Morphological study by light and scanning electron microscopy

Parassitologia

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Otranto, D ^a   Lia, R P ^a   Traversa, D ^b   Giannetto, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dogs; Eye; Humans; Morphology; Thelazia callipaeda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPTERA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; SPIRURIDA; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; THELAZIIDAE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

EID: 4444351691     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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