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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060
EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 94, No. 4, 1999, pp. 459-466
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Bioline Code: oc99084
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 94, No. 4, 1999, pp. 459-466
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Re-descriptions of Isospora ameivae Carini, 1932 in the Teiid Lizard Ameiva ameiva and Isospora hemidactyli Carini, 1936 in the Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia, with Particular Reference to their Endogenous Stages
R Lainson & I Paperna
Abstract
Redescriptions are given of the mature oocysts of
Isospora ameivae Carini, 1932, from the teiid lizard
Ameiva ameiva, and Isospora hemidactyli Carini,1936
from the gecko Hemidactylus mabouia, in north Brazil. The
endogenous stages of the two parasites in the small intestine are
described. Those of I. ameivae are intracytoplasmic, whereas
those of I. hemidactyli are intranuclear.
Keywords
Hemidactylus mabouia - Ameiva ameiva - lizards - Isospora hemidactyli - Isospora ameivae - endogenous stages - Brazil
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