Occurrence of Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa, Cryptosporidiidae) in Crotalus durissus terrificus (Serpentes, Viperidae) in Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 779-781

  Karasawa, Andréa Satie Matsubara ^a   José Da Silva, Reinaldo ^a   Mascarini, Luciene Maura ^a   Barrella, Thomaz Henrique ^a   De Magalhães Lopes, Carlos Alberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Crotalus durissus terrificus; Cryptosporidium; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CROTALUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINES; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 11244318153     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000600004     Document Type: Article

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