Canine dirofilariosis caused by Dirofilaria immitis is a risk factor for the human population on the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1265-1269

  Montoya Alonso, Jose Alberto ^a   Mellado, Isabel ^b   Carretón, Elena ^a   Cabrera Pedrero, Elena Dolores ^a   Morchón, Rodrigo ^b   Simón, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79952109314     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1987-7     Document Type: Article

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