Sarcocystis infections among snakes in Israel

Parassitologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 447-456

  Paperna, I ^a   Finkelman, S ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fine structure; House mice; Intraspecific variability; Sarcocyst; Sarcocystis murivipera; Snake hosts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GERBIL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; LIZARD; MOUSE; MURIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; SARCOCYSTIS; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; GERBILLINAE; ISRAEL; LIZARDS; MICE; MURIDAE; RATS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SNAKES;

EID: 0032227008     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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