A light and electron microscope study of Sarcocystis mitrani (sp. nov.) infecting the skink Scincus mitranus in the central region of Saudi Arabia

Parasitology Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 102-106

  Abdel Ghaffar, F ^a   Al Johany, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; INFECTION RATE; LIZARD; MEROZOITE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS MITRANI; SAUDI ARABIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIZARDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; SARCOCYSTIS; SCINCIDAE; SCINCUS MITRANUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036174872     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360100506     Document Type: Article

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