Two new species of Litomosoides (Nemata: Onchocercidae) from Ctenomys opimus (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) on the altiplano of Bolivia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 700-705

  Brant, Sara V ^a   Gardner, Scott Lyell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; PARASITE ISOLATION; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; MALE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS OPIMUS; FILARIOIDEA; LITOMOSOIDES; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030834225     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284249     Document Type: Article

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