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Schistosomes from Hippopotamus amphibius L. II. The morphology of Schistosoma edwardiense sp.nov.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

June P. Thurston
June P. Thurston
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda
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The morphology of the adult blood fluke Schistosoma edwardiense sp.nov. from Hippopotamus amphibius L. is described and compared with that of other species of Schistosoma.

I wish to acknowledge the receipt of a research grant from Makerere University College towards expenses incurred during this work. I should like to thank Captain F. Poppleton, Warden of the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Dr R. M. Laws, Nuffield Unit for Tropical Animal Ecology, and Dr W. M. Longhurst, University of California, for helping me to get specimens from the hippopotami, also Mr L. Rugema, histologist, for sectioning the worms.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , February 1964 , pp. 67 - 72
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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