Blood parasites of the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius and their morphological characteristics

Biologia

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1219-1224

  Karbowiak, Grzegorz ^a   Stanko, Michal ^b   Fričová, Jana ^b   Wita, Irena ^a   Hapunik, Joanna ^a   Peťko, Branislav ^c  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Apodemus agrarius; Babesia; Bartonella; Blood parasites; Morphological characteristics; Seasonal dynamics; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA SP.; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA GROSI;

EID: 70350553636     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0195-3     Document Type: Article

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