Sarcocystis acanthocolubri sp. n. infecting three lizard species of the genus Acanthodactylus and the problem of host specificity. Light and electron microscopic study

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 355-362

  Morsy, Kareem ^a   Bashtar, Abdel Rahman ^a   Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^b   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^c   Al Ghamdi, Ali ^d   Koura, Eglal ^e   Maher, Sherein ^e  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d AL BAHA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; LIZARD; MALE; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS ACANTHOCOLUBRI; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOST SPECIFICITY; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLES; PREVALENCE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

ACANTHODACTYLUS; ACANTHODACTYLUS BOSKIANUS; ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SPALEROSOPHIS DIADEMA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84857053720     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2496-z     Document Type: Article

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