Serological and Molecular Detection of Dirofilaria Species in Stray Dogs and Investigation of Wolbachia DNA by PCR in Turkey

Background: Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are the most common species of filarial nematodes described in the dogs. A single-step multiplex PCR was applied to detect and differentiate simultaneously and unequivocally D. im­mitis and D. repens on DNA extracted from canine peripheral blood...

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Main Authors: Sami Simsek, Ayse Turkan Ciftci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
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Online Access:https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/324