Image diagnosis of zoonotic onchocercosis by Onchocerca lupi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 91-95

  Franchini, Delia ^a   Giannelli, Alessio ^a   Di Paola, Giancarlo ^a   Cortes, Helder ^b   Cardoso, Luís ^c,d   Lia, Riccardo Paolo ^a   Campbell, Bronwyn Evelyn ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,e   Lenoci, Diana ^f   Assad, Eyad Abu ^g   Ricciardi, Mario ^g   Valastro, Carmela ^a   Cavaliere, Leonardo ^a   Di Bello, Antonio ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e Aggeu Magalhaes Research Center   (Brazil)

^f Private Practitioner   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Veterinario Pingry   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging; Dog; Magnetic resonance imaging; Onchocerca lupi; Ultrasound scan

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIGITA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA LUPI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCHOCERCA LUPI; ULTRASOUND SCAN;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EYE; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS, OCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84899952573     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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