Hepatozoon caimani (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) in Wild Caiman, Caiman yacare, from the Pantanal Region, Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Viana, Lúcio André ^a   Paiva, Fernando ^a,b   Coutinho, Marcos Eduardo ^a,c   Lourenço De Oliveira, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Patologia   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Conservaç o e Manejo de Réteis e Anfbios   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CAPTURE METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; PARASITE INFESTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAN; REPTILE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL CELL; APICOMPLEXA; APICOMPLEXAN INFECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEPATOZOON CAIMANI; HEPATOZOON CAIMANI INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

PANTANAL;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CAIMAN; CAIMAN YACARE; HEPATOZOIDAE; HEPATOZOON;

EID: 77950428709     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2150.1     Document Type: Article

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