Three new hepatozoon species (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) Infecting the florida kingsnake, lampropeltis getula Floridana

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 162-169

  Telford Jr , Sam R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTIVITY; INGESTION RATE; MORPHOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NEW SPECIES; PROTOZOAN; SNAKE; TYPE LOCALITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; APICOMPLEXA; APICOMPLEXAN INFECTION; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GAMONT; HEPATOZOON EURYTOPIS; HEPATOZOON KARYOLYSI; HEPATOZOON REXI; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROCYST; SPOROZOITE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; COLUBRIDAE; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FLORIDA; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BROWARD COUNTY; CEDAR KEY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LEVY COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; APICOMPLEXA; DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS; HEPATOZOIDAE; HEPATOZOON; LAMPROPELTIS GETULA FLORIDANA; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; STORERIA OCCIPITOMACULATA; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 77950387265     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2161.1     Document Type: Article

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