Prevalence of troglodytella abrassarti Brumpt and joyeux, 1912 in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at mahale mountains national park in Western Tanzania

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-210

  Kaur, Taranjit ^a   Singh, Jatinder ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FECES; HABITAT USE; HOMINID; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CILIATE; FECES ANALYSIS; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TROGLODYTELLA ABRASSARTI; TROPHOZOITE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APE DISEASES; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA; TRICHOSTOMATIDA;

KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; MAHALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; TANZANIA;

CILIOPHORA; ENTODINIOMORPHIDA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; TROGLODYTELLA;

EID: 77950398240     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2266.1     Document Type: Article

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