Eimeria fragilis and E. wambaensis, two new species of Eimeria schneider (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from African anurans

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-173

  Jirků, Miloslav ^a   Modrý, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Africa; Anura; Apicomplexa; Chiromantis petersii; Coccidia; E. Wambaensis sp. n.; Eimeria fragilis sp. n.; Hyperolius viridiflavus; Intranuclear development; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ANURA; APICOMPLEXA; CHIROMANTIS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIIDAE; HYPEROLIUS VIRIDIFLAVUS;

EID: 17844369176     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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