Human dirofilariosis in the Slovak Republic - A case report

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-171

  Ondriska, František ^a   Lengyel, Daniel ^b   Miterpáková, Martina ^c   Lengyelová, Beata ^b   Strehárová, Anna ^b   Dubinský, Pavol ^c  

^a HPL spol s ro   (Slovakia)

^b FACULTY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dirofilaria repens; Human dirofilariosis; Mosquito; Slovakia; Subcutanoeus; Vector

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLOVAKIA; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SLOVAKIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

EID: 77955124038     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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