A survey of Blastocystis infection in anuran and urodele amphibians

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-102

  Yoshikawa, Hisao ^a   Morimoto, Keiko ^a   Nagashima, Minako ^a   Miyamoto, Naoko ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Bullfrogs; In vitro culture; Leopard frogs; Morphology; Newts; Physiology; Toads

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; AMPHIBIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BULLFROG; CELL GROWTH; FEMALE; FROG; GROWTH; JAPAN; MALE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; REVIEW; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS LAPEMI; BUFO; BUFO JAPONICUS; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA NIGROMACULATA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 2942616885     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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