New insights into the ecology and biology of Acanthocheilonema reconditum (Grassi, 1889) causing canine subcutaneous filariosis

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 530-536

  Brianti, Emanuele ^a   Gaglio, Gabriella ^a   Napoli, Ettore ^a   Giannetto, Salvatore ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^b   Bain, Odile ^c   Otranto, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema reconditum; dog; ecology; epidemiology; microfilaraemia periodicity

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA RECONDITUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOG; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; INCIDENCE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA RECONDITUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FILARIOIDEA; IXODIDA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPIRURIDA;

EID: 84858804178     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011002198     Document Type: Article

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