Human dirofilariosis in Poland: The first cases of autochthonous infections with Dirofilaria repens

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 445-450

  Cielecka, Danuta ^a,b   Zarnowska Prymek, Hanna ^a,c   Masny, Aleksander ^b   Salamatin, Ruslan ^a,b   Wesołowska, Maria ^d   Gołab, Elzbieta ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^c Warsaw's Hospital for Infectious Diseases   (Poland)

^d WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autochthonous species; Dirofilaria repens; Human; Poland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIRST SUBUNIT OF CYTOCHROME OXIDASE GENE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; POLAND; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE;

EID: 84866675636     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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