Description of the Oocysts of Three New Species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Iguanid Lizards (Sauria: Iguanidae) of Central and South America

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 471-475

  Daszak, P ^a   Ball, S J ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Coccidia; Eimeriidae; Iguanidae; Reptilia; Sauria

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS LUCIAE; ANOLIS TRINITATIS; APICOMPLEXA; APUS APUS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIIDAE; IGUANIDAE; ISOSPORA; LIOLAEMUS; LUCIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURUS TORQUATUS; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; IGUANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032111314     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000400009     Document Type: Article

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