Seasonal variation of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) parasitemia from Boa constrictor amarali (Serpentes, Boidae) and Hydrodynastes gigas (Serpentes, Colubridae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-97

  De Vieira Santos, Mariana Morena ^a   O'Dwyer, Lucia Helena ^a   Da Silva, Reinaldo José ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; HEPATOZOON CYCLAGRASI; HEPATOZOON MIGONEI; HEPATOZOON TERZII; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BOIDAE; COLUBRIDAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

APICOMPLEXA; BOA CONSTRICTOR; BOIDAE; COLUBRIDAE; HEPATOZOIDAE; HEPATOZOON; HYDRODYNASTES; SERPENTES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 24044477275     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1385-8     Document Type: Article

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