Electron microscope observations on Onchocerca ochengi and O. fasciata (Nematoda: Filarioidea)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 591-603

  Determann, A ^a   Mehlhorn, H ^a   Ghaffar, F A ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GLYCOGEN; LIPID; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; ONCHOCERCA;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CAMELIDAE; FILARIOIDEA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA FASCIATA; ONCHOCERCA GIBSONI; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0030955456     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050303     Document Type: Article

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