Morphological redescription of dirofilaria immitis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 499-504

  Furtado, Adriano P ^a   Melo, Francisco T V ^a   Giese, Elane G ^a   Dos Santos, Jeannie N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CUTICLE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHAGEMID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 77953821481     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2178.1     Document Type: Article

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