Troglostrongylus brevior and a nonexistent 'dilemma'

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 517-518

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Brianti, Emanuele ^b   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; LETTER; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR; VETERINARIAN;

TROGLOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84887019253     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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