What is new about animal and human dirofilariosis?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 404-409

  Simón, Fernando ^a   Morchón, Rodrigo ^a   González Miguel, Javier ^a   Marcos Atxutegi, Cristina ^a   Siles Lucas, Mar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN; WOLBACHIA SURFACE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; FELIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 69449099237     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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