The life cycle and host specificity of Psychodiella sergenti n. sp. and Ps. tobbi n. sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) in sand flies Phlebotomus sergenti and Ph. tobbi (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-189

  Lantová, Lucie ^a   Ghosh, Kashinath ^b   Svobodová, Milena ^a   Braig, Henk R ^c   Rowton, Edgar ^b   Weina, Peter ^b   Volf, Petr ^a   Votýpka, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood meal; Cross infection; Gregarine; Life cycle differences; Lutzomyia; Phlebotomus; Psychodiella; SSU rDNA phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST RANGE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHODIDAE;

APICOMPLEXA; ASCOGREGARINA; DIPTERA; GREGARINIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARABICUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 77956188200     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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