Dioctophyme renale (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidea) in the abdominal cavity of Rattus norvegicus in Japan

Parasitology International

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-326

  Tokiwa, Toshihiro ^a   Harunari, Tsunehito ^b   Tanikawa, Tsutomu ^b   Akao, Nobuaki ^a   Ohta, Nobuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ikari Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown rat; Dioctophymatosis; Dioctophyme renale; Molecular diagnosis; Rattus norvegicus; SSU rDNA.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIOCTOPHYME RENALE; DNA SEQUENCE; JAPAN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ANIMALS; DIOCTOPHYMATOIDEA; DNA, HELMINTH; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES;

ASCARIDIDA; DIOCTOPHYMATOIDEA; DIOCTOPHYME RENALE; NEMATODA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79959523062     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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