Ultrastructural features of cystic and merogonic stages of Hepatozoon sipedon (apicomplexa: adeleorina) in Northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) and Northern water snakes (Nerodia sipedon) from Ontario, Canada

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-425

  Smith, Todd G ^a   Desser, Sherwin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dizoic cysts; Gamontogony; Haemogregarine; Merogony; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CELL INCLUSION; CULEX PIPIENS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PATHOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; SNAKE;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

ADELEORINA; ANURA; APICOMPLEXA; CULEX PIPIENS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON SIPEDON; NERODIA; NERODIA SIPEDON; NERODIA SIPEDON SIPEDON; PANTHERA PARDUS; PROTOZOA; RANA PIPIENS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032128068     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05093.x     Document Type: Article

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