A human case of subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens in Vietnam: Histologic and molecular confirmation

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1003-1007

  Dang, Thi Cam Thach ^a   Nguyen, Thu Huong ^a   Do, Trung Dung ^a   Uga, Shoji ^b   Morishima, Yasuyuki ^c   Sugiyama, Hiromu ^c   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^c  

^a National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; RNA 12S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EYELID DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DIROFILARIASIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; EYELIDS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; VIETNAM;

DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

EID: 77957310168     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1961-4     Document Type: Article

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