The relative stability of chronic Isospora sylvianthina (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) infection in blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla): Evaluation of a simplified method of estimating isosporan infection intensity in passerine birds

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Dolnik, Olga ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; FISH; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA SYLVAIANTHINA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FECES; ISOSPORA; MALE; OOCYSTS; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; COCCIDIA; ISOSPORA; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOZOA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 33751221974     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0253-5     Document Type: Article

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