Two malaria parasites (Apicomplexa: Plasmodiidae) of the Australian skink Egernia stokesii

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 395-406

  Telford Jr , Sam R ^a   Stein, Juergen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; MALARIA; MAMMAL; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; EGERNIA STOKESII; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM CIRCULARIS; PLASMODIUM MACKERRASAE; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 6744265288     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284786     Document Type: Article

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