Transstadial transmission of Hepatozoon canis from larvae to nymphs of Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Giannelli, Alessio ^a   Ramos, Rafael Antonio Nascimento ^a   Di Paola, Giancarlo ^a   Mencke, Norbert ^b   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,c   Baneth, Gad ^d   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biology; Dog; Hepatozoon canis; Larva; Nymph; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Transmission; Transstadial

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HEPATOZOONOSIS; IMAGO; ITALY; LARVA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SPOROCYST; SPOROZOITE; TRANSOVARIAL TRANSMISSION; TRANSSTADIAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 84880736234     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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