Intestinal microsporidiosis in African skink Mabuya perrotetii

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-155

  Koudela, Břetislav ^a   Didier, Elizabeth S ^b   Rogers, Linda B ^b   Modrý, David ^a,c   Kučerová, Štěpànka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Encephalitozoon; Heteroduplex mobility; Microsporidia; PCR RFLP; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DETECTION; GHANA; INFECTIVITY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PARASITISM; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; FECES; GHANA; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON LACERTAE; EUPREPIS PERROTETII; MABUYA; MICROSPORIDIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 0031878820     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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