Release of Lungworm Larvae from Snails in the Environment: Potential for Alternative Transmission Pathways

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Giannelli, Alessio ^a   Colella, Vito ^a   Abramo, Francesca ^b   do Nascimento Ramos, Rafael Antonio ^a   Falsone, Luigi ^c   Brianti, Emanuele ^c   Varcasia, Antonio ^d   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,e   Knaus, Martin ^f   Fox, Mark T ^g   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^g ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HELIX ASPERSA; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRONGYLIDA; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR; ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASES; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FRESH WATER; LARVA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MUCUS; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84929493845     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003722     Document Type: Article

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