Evidence for direct transmission of the cat lungworm Troglostrongylus brevior (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae)

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 821-824

  Brianti, Emanuele ^a   Gaglio, Gabriella ^a   Napoli, Ettore ^a   Falsone, Luigi ^a   Giannetto, Salvatore ^a   Latrofa, Maria Stefania ^b   Giannelli, Alessio ^b   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^b,c   Otranto, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biology; cat; kitten; lactational transmission; Troglostrongylus brevior

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT 1; DEXAMETHASONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; KITTEN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLIDA; SUCKING; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FECES; FEMALE; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

CRENOSOMATIDAE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; STRONGYLIDA; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 84877066690     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013000188     Document Type: Article

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