Double gametocyte infections in apicomplexan parasites of birds and reptiles

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-157

  Jovani, Roger ^a   Amo, Luisa ^b   Arriero, Elena ^b   Krone, Oliver ^c   Marzal, Alfonso ^d   Shurulinkov, Peter ^e   Tomás, Gustavo ^b   Sol, Daniel ^f   Hagen, Jana ^c   López, Pilar ^b   Martín, José ^b   Navarro, Carlos ^d   Torres, Jordi ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCOCYTOZOON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD CELL; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HAEMOPROTEUS; HOST CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APICOMPLEXA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPTILES;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HEPATOZOON; LEUCOCYTOZOON; REPTILIA;

EID: 5644304358     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1186-5     Document Type: Article

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