An unusual intraerythrocytic parasite of Parablennius cornutus from South Africa

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 913-917

  Davies, Angela J ^a   Reed, Cecilé C ^a,b   Smit, Nico J ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PARASITOLOGY;

CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; ECTOPARASITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GIEMSA STAIN; GILL; HAEMOHORMIDIUM; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARABLENNIUS CORNUTUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPLEEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FISH DISEASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PERCIFORMES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

GNATHIA; GNATHIA AFRICANA; HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS; ISOPODA; MICROSPORIDIA; PARABLENNIUS; PRANIZA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0345714974     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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