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Electron microscopic detection of initial and some subsequent developmental stages ofBabesia bigemina in salivary glands of ticks

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Abbreviations

m :

micronemes

m 1:

outer pellicular membrane

m 2:

middle pellicular membrane

m 3:

inner pellicular membrane

mi :

parasite mitochondrion

n :

parasite nucleus

p :

parasite

r :

rhoptry

S :

spheroid body

wn :

host cell nucleus

x :

cytoplasmic invagination

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  1. Protozoologische Abteilung, Institut für Parasitologie, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Bünteweg 17, D-3000, Hannover 71

    Günter Weber & Karl Friedhoff

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Weber, G., Friedhoff, K. Electron microscopic detection of initial and some subsequent developmental stages ofBabesia bigemina in salivary glands of ticks. Z. Parasitenkd. 58, 191–194 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01951346

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