Encephalitozoon-Like Microsporidia in the Ticks Amblyomma cajennense and Anocentor nitens (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1029-1033

  Ribeiro, Múcio Flávio Barbosa ^a   Guimarães, Antônio Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Anocentor nitens; Encephalitozoon like; Microsporidia

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ANOCENTOR NITENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON; IXODIDAE; MICROSPORIDIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROSPORIDA; MUCOSA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TICK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSPORIDA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RABBITS; TICKS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0032198724     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.6.1029     Document Type: Article

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