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First description of a fatal equine infection with Halicephalobus gingivalis in Portugal. Relevance for public health
Halicephalobus gingivalis is a small saprophytic rhabditid nematode, represented only by females with a typical rhabditoid oesophagus and one egg in the uterus, capable of infecting vertebrates. This opportunistic parasite present in the soil, manure and decaying humus, is thought to penetrate throu...
Autores principales: | Noiva, Rute, Ruivo, Pedro, de Carvalho, Luís Madeira, Fonseca, Constança, Fevereiro, Miguel, Carvalho, Paulo, Orge, Leonor, Monteiro, Madalena, Peleteiro, Maria Conceição |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6498521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30672155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.142 |
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