Sarcocystis neurona (Protozoa: Apicomplexa): Description of oocysts, sporocysts, sporozoites, excystation, and early development

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 461-465

  Lindsay, David S ^a   Mitchell, Sheila M ^a   Vianna, M C ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYST; HORSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOID; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OPOSSUM; RACCOON; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPOROZOITE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; COCCIDIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EQUIDAE; PROCYON LOTOR; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPOSSUMS; RACCOONS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 3142664498     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-230R     Document Type: Article

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