Description and ultrastructure of lankesterella species infecting frogs in Kenya

Parasite

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-349

  Paperna, I ^a   Ogara, W ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Blood, ultrastructure; Dicroglossus occipitalis; Gut epithelium; Kenya; Lamina propria, reticulo endothelium; Lankesterella dicroglossi n. sp; Lankesterella ptychadeni n.sp; Oogony; Ptychadeno mascareniensis; Sporogony

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LANKESTERELLA; PTYCHADENA MASCARENIENSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0003348682     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1996034341     Document Type: Article

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