Seasonality and prevalence rates of microsporidia in Simulium pertinax (Diptera: Simuliidae) larvae in the region of Serra dos Órgãos, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 188-191

  Araujo Coutinho C J P C ^a   Nascimento, E S ^a   Figueiro R ^a   Becnel, J J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM PERTINAX;

EID: 2342580203     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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