Evolutionary strategies and adaptations for survival between mosquito-parasitic microsporidia and their intermediate copepod hosts: A comparative examination of Amblyospora Connecticut and Hyalinocysta chapmani (Microsporidia: Amblyosporidae)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 23-35

  Andreadis, Theodore G ^a  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocyclops vernalis; Amblyospora connecticus; Copepod; Culiseta melanura; Hyalinocysta chapmani; Microsporidia; Mosquito; Ochlerotatus cantator; Orthocyclops modestus

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCYCLOPS VERNALIS; AMBLYOSPORA; AMBLYOSPORA CONNECTICUS; AMBLYOSPORIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; CULISETA MELANURA; HYALINOCYSTA CHAPMANI; MICROSPORIDIA; OCHLEROTATUS CANTATOR; ORTHOCYCLOPS MODESTUS;

EID: 20444432811     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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