Morphological and molecular data on the dermal microfilariae of a species of Cercopithifilaria from a dog in Sicily

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 221-229

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Brianti, Emanuele ^b   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Weigl, Stefania ^a   Latrofa, Maria Stefania ^a   Gaglio, Gabriella ^b   Cauquil, Laura ^b   Giannetto, Salvatore ^b   Bain, Odile ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema reconditum; Canine filarioids; Cercopithifilaria bainae; Cercopithifilaria grassii; Dermal microfilariae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHIFILARIA; CERCOPITHIFILARIA BAINAE; CERCOPITHIFILARIA GRASSII; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX1 GENE; DERMIS; DOG; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ITALY; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; PHYLOGENY; SICILY;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA RECONDITUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERCOPITHIFILARIA; FILARIOIDEA;

EID: 80755132067     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.043     Document Type: Article

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