Ultrastructure of Babesia equi trophozoites isolated in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Guimarães, Antônio M ^a   Lima, José D ^b   Ribeiro, Múcio F B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesia equi; Feeding mechanism; Trophozoites; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA EQUI; BRAZIL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEEDING; FOOD; HORSE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMA; RIBOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPLENECTOMY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA EQUI; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0348109250     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2003000300002     Document Type: Article

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