Isolation of Sarcocystis speeri Dubey and Lindsay, 1999 parasite from the south American opossum (Didelphis albiventris) from Argentina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 160-163

  Dubey, J P ^a   Venturini, L ^b   Venturini, M C ^b   Speer, C A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SCHIZONT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; MUS MUSCULUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SPEERI;

EID: 0033998646     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0160:iossda]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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