A new species of Litomosoides (Nematoda: Onchocercidae), parasite of Nectomys palmipes (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Venezuela: Description, molecular evidence, Wolbachia pipientis screening

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Guerrero, Ricardo ^a   Bain, Odile ^b   Martin, Coralie ^b   Barbuto, Michela ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrative taxonomy; Litomosoides; Onchocercidae; Wolbachia screening

Indexed keywords

CRICETIDAE; FILARIA; LITOMOSOIDES; NECTOMYS; NECTOMYS PALMIPES; NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 79959486549     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2011.014     Document Type: Article

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