Further study on Ascogregarina culicis in temperate Argentina: Prevalence and intensity in Aedes aegypti larvae and pupae

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-214

  Albicócco, Andrea Paola ^a   Vezzani, Darío ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ascogregarina culicis; Gregarines; Intensity; Mosquitoes; Prevalence; South America

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; ARGENTINA; LARVA; PUPA; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASCOGREGARINA; ASCOGREGARINA CULICIS; GREGARINIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67649933361     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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