Stable transmission of Dirofilaria repens Nematodes, Northern Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 329-

  Czajka, Christina ^a,b   Becker, Norbert ^a   Jöst, Hanna ^a,b,c   Poppert, Sven ^b,d   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^b,c   Krüger, Andreas ^a   Tannich, Egbert ^b,c  

^a Kommunale Aktionsgemeinschft zur Bekämpfung der Stechmückenplage   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^d Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LETTER; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIOSIS; GERMANY; NEMATODES; PARASITES; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; LARVA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892585016     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.131003     Document Type: Letter

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