Description and epizootiology of Babesia poelea n. sp. in brown boobies (Sula leucogaster (Boddaert)) on Sand Island, Johnston Atoll, central Pacific

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 734-738

  Work, Thierry M ^a   Rameyer, Robert A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; BLOOD PARASITE; BROWN BOOBIES; BROWN BOOBY; EPIZOOTICS; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITES; PIROPLASM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BIRD; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAWAII; MALE; PREVALENCE;

PACIFIC, JOHNSTON ATOLL, SAND ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BABESIA; BABESIA POELEA; HAWAIIA; LEUCOGASTER; SULA LEUCOGASTER; SULIDAE;

EID: 0030834226     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284253     Document Type: Article

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