Haematozoan Parasites of the Lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) from Amazonian Brazil: A Preliminary Note

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1067-1070

  Lainson, Ralph ^a   De Souza, Manoel C ^a   Franco, Constância M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ameiva ameiva; Brazil; Haematozoa; Haemogregarines; Hemolivia; Lainsonia; Lizards; Tissue stages

Indexed keywords

AMEIVA AMEIVA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MALARIA; MONOCYTE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PARASITE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SPOROZOITE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMEIVA AMEIVA; ANIMALIA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HEMOLIVIA; LANKESTERELLIDAE; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 1342290365     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000800016     Document Type: Article

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