First case of cutaneous human dirofilariosis in Slovak Republic

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 486-488

  Babal, Pavel ^a,d   Kobzova, D ^a   Novak, I ^a   Dubinsky, P ^a   Jalili, N ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c St Elisabeth College   (Slovakia)

^d NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous human dirofilariosis; Dirofilaria; Dirofilariosis; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SLOVAKIA;

ANIMALS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 62349117469     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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