Effects of Polydispyrenia simulii (Microspora; Duboscqiidae) on Development of the Gonads of Simulium pertinax (Diptera; Simuliidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-424

  Castello Branco Jr , A ^a  

^a Faculdade Ciencias da Saude   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gonad; Microspora; Polydispyrenia simulii; Simulium pertinax

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; MICROSPORIDIUM; POLYDISPYRENIA SIMULII; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM PERTINAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0033124972     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761999000300025     Document Type: Article

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