Human Dirofilaria repens infection in Serbia

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-137

  Dami, A M ^a   Olovi, I V ^a   Arsi Arsenijevi, V S ^a   Stepanovi, S ^a   Borii, I ^a   Dami, Z ^a   Mitrovi, S M ^a   Rai, D M ^a   Stefanovi, I ^a   Latkovi, Z ^a   Kranji Zec, I F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SERBIA; TESTIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERBIA; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA REPENS; NEMATODA;

EID: 69449101314     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09341346     Document Type: Article

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