منابع مشابه
Zoonotic filariasis.
Filariae of animals, especially those of mammals, often infect humans and typically produce cryptic infections. These "zoonotic" infections have been reported from virtually all parts of the world including temperate zones. Infections may be symptomatic or not, and the parasites are found in surgical tissue biopsy specimens or, more rarely, are removed intact from superficial sites such as the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0893-8512,1098-6618
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.11.2.366