Subcutaneous Dirofilariosis in South-East Serbia-Case Report

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 318-322

  Tasic S ^a   Stoiljkovic N ^a   Miladinovic Tasic N ^a   Tasic A ^a   Mihailovic D ^a   Rossi, L ^b   Gabrielli, S ^c   Cancrini, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Turin   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Human dirofilarioses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASE; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERBIA; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SERBIA; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

EID: 79960229709     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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