Chloromyxum aegypticus n. sp. (Myxozoa: Chloromyxidae) infecting the testicular tissue of the Egyptian toad, Bufo regularis (Amphibia: Bufonidae), and its pathogenicity

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1299-1306

  Reda, Enayat Salem Ahmed ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFO REGULARIS; CHLOROMYXUM AEGYPTICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MYXOZOA; MYXOZOAN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO REGULARIS; BUFONIDAE; CHLOROMYXIDAE; CHLOROMYXUM; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA;

EID: 78449290104     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2000-1     Document Type: Article

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