Morphological aspects of Angiostrongylus costaricensis by light and scanning electron microscopy

Acta Tropica

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-198

  Rebello, Karina M ^a   Menna Barreto, Rubem F S ^a   Chagas Moutinho, Vanessa A ^b   Mota, Ester M ^a   Perales, Jonas ^a   Neves Ferreira, Ana Gisele C ^a   Oliveira Menezes, Aleksandra ^b   Lenzi, Henrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Light microscopy; Morphology; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ESOPHAGEAL INTESTINAL VALVE; ESOPHAGEAL VALVE; FEMALE; GUBERNACULUM; LARVA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPICULE; TAXONOMY; VULVAR APERTURE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS;

EID: 84878496537     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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