New findings on the developmental process of Ascogregarina taiwanensis and Ascogregarina culicis in Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Roychoudhury, Sudipta ^a   Kobayashi, Mutsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Ascogregarina culicis; Ascogregarina taiwanensis; Oocyst resistance to drying; Parasites; Sporozoite

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LARVA; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LARVA; OOCYSTS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ASCOGREGARINA; ASCOGREGARINA CULICIS; ASCOGREGARINA TAIWANENSIS;

EID: 33646490623     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[29:NFOTDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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