Ovarian Filariasis in a Wild Southern Tamandua (Tamanduatetradactyla; Mammalia: Myrmecophagidae)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection and Tissue Processing
2.2. DNA Extraction and PCR
3. Results
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Fromme, L.; Yogui, D.R.; Alves, M.H.; Díaz-Delgado, J.; Desbiez, A.L.J.; Santos, A.L.Q.; Guerra, J.M.; Langeheine, M.; Siebert, U.; Brehm, R.; et al. Ovarian Filariasis in a Wild Southern Tamandua (Tamanduatetradactyla; Mammalia: Myrmecophagidae). Pathogens 2022, 11, 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11080918
Fromme L, Yogui DR, Alves MH, Díaz-Delgado J, Desbiez ALJ, Santos ALQ, Guerra JM, Langeheine M, Siebert U, Brehm R, et al. Ovarian Filariasis in a Wild Southern Tamandua (Tamanduatetradactyla; Mammalia: Myrmecophagidae). Pathogens. 2022; 11(8):918. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11080918
Chicago/Turabian StyleFromme, Lilja, Débora Regina Yogui, Mario Henrique Alves, Josué Díaz-Delgado, Arnaud Leonard Jean Desbiez, André Luis Quagliatto Santos, Juliana Mariotti Guerra, Marion Langeheine, Ursula Siebert, Ralph Brehm, and et al. 2022. "Ovarian Filariasis in a Wild Southern Tamandua (Tamanduatetradactyla; Mammalia: Myrmecophagidae)" Pathogens 11, no. 8: 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11080918
APA StyleFromme, L., Yogui, D. R., Alves, M. H., Díaz-Delgado, J., Desbiez, A. L. J., Santos, A. L. Q., Guerra, J. M., Langeheine, M., Siebert, U., Brehm, R., Catão-Dias, J. L., & Navas-Suárez, P. E. (2022). Ovarian Filariasis in a Wild Southern Tamandua (Tamanduatetradactyla; Mammalia: Myrmecophagidae). Pathogens, 11(8), 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11080918