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

• Egile Nagusiak: Sami Simsek (Egilea), Ayse Turkan Ciftci (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...