Fish trypanosomes from the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-303

  Smit, Nico J ^a,b   Van As, Jo G ^c   Davies, Angela J ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Botswana; Fish parasites; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; FISH TRYPANOSOMES; PISCES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CLARIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA MUKASAI;

EID: 11944275338     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2004.037     Document Type: Article

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