Zoonotic Dirofilaria immitis infections in a province of Northern Spain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-383

  Morchn, R ^a   Moya, I ^a   Gonzlez Miguel, J ^a   Montoya, M N ^b   Simn, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Dogs; Humans; La Rioja (Spain)

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS NONHUMAN DATA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROFILARIASIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; SUMMER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 76549107758     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990434     Document Type: Article

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