| morphological and molecular data on the dermal microfilariae of a species of cercopithifilaria from a dog in sicily. | dermal microfilariae found in a dog from sicily, italy, were characterized morphologically and genetically and differentiated from those of all the other blood microfilariae commonly found in dogs. in particular, the microfilariae were short (mean length of 186.7++m), presented a body flattened dorso-ventrally and a rounded head, bearing a tiny cephalic hook. the genetic identity of microfilariae herein studied was also assessed by molecular amplification, sequencing and analyzing of multiple ri ... | 2011 | 21705146 |