Ectopic migration of an adult heartworm in a dog with dirofilariasis

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-173

  Oh, Hyun Wook ^a   Jun, Hyung Kyou ^a   You, Myung Jo ^b   Hayasaki, Mineo ^c   Song, Kun Ho ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal cavity; Dirofilaria immitis; Dog; Migration

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; INTESTINE PARASITE; KOREA; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MODIFIED KNOTT TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FILARIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 56149123714     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.3.171     Document Type: Article

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