Ultrastructural studies on the sporogony of Hepatozoon spp. in Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 fed on infected Caiman crocodilus and Boa constrictor from northern Brazil

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-154

  Paperna, I ^a   Lainson, R ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boa constrictor; Brazil; Caiman crocodilus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Experimental infection; Hepatozoon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAIMAN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOZOON CAIMANI; HEPATOZOON TERZII; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAKE; SPOROGENESIS; SPOROZOITE; SPOROZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BOIDAE; BRAZIL; COCCIDIA; CULEX; FEMALE; FOOD; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; OOCYSTS;

ANIMALIA; BOA; BOA (GENUS); BOA CONSTRICTOR; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HEPATOZOON; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SPOROZOA;

EID: 0041353415     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003003482     Document Type: Article

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