Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) Isolated from Dirofilaria immitis in Northwest of Iran

• Main Authors: Majid Khanmohammadi (Author), Reza Falak (Author), Ahmad Reza Meamar (Author), Mehdi Arshadi (Author), Lame Akhlaghi (Author), Elham Razmjou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The purpose of this study was molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of Wolbachia species of Dirofilaria immitis. Methods: Adult filarial nematodes were collected from the cardiovascular and pulmonary arterial systems of natural­ly infected dogs, which caught in different geograph...