Fine structure of the epicytoplasmic eimerid coccidium Acroeimeria pintoi Lainson & Paperna, 1999, a gut parasite of the lizard Ameiva ameiva in North Brazil

Parasite

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-364

  Paperna, I ^a   Lainson, R ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acroeimeria pintoi; Ameiva ameiva; Brazil; Coccidia; Epicytoplasmic development; Fine structure; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

AMEIVA AMEIVA; COCCIDIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIZARD; PARASITOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0033256601     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1999064359     Document Type: Article

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