Hemoproteids (Apicomplexa: Haemoproteidae) from South African tortoises (Cryptodira: Testudinidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1168-1172

  Cook, C A ^a   Smit, N J ^a   Davies, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; PIGMENT; TURTLE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; GAMETOCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; HAEMOPROTEUS NATALENSIS; HAEMOPROTEUS TESTUDINALIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TURTLES;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APICOMPLEXA; CHERSINA ANGULATA; CRYPTODIRA; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS SP.; KINIXYS BELLIANA; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 78650506838     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2527.1     Document Type: Article

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