A survey of canine filarial diseases of veterinary and public health significance in India

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Megat Abd Rani, Puteri Azaziah ^a   Irwin, Peter J ^b   Gatne, Mukulesh ^c   Coleman, Glen T ^a   McInnes, Linda M ^b   Traub, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOMBAY VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITS 2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA RECONDITUM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DOG; FILARIASIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; LABORATORY; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIA AUQUIERI; MIXED INFECTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA; ACANTHOCHEILONEMA RECONDITUM; BRUGIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; FILARIA; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE GENUS); NEMATODA;

EID: 77950677076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-30     Document Type: Article

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