Redescription and resurrection of Bertiella satyri (Cestoda, Anoplocephalidae) parasitizing the orangutan (Pongo abelii) in Indonesia

• Authors: FOITOVÁ Ivona; MAŠOVÁ Šárka; TENORA František; HODOVÁ Iveta; KOUBKOVÁ Božena; MRKVICOVÁ Martina; BARUŠ Vlastimil; NURCAHYO Wisnu
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Parasitology Research
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Web: http://www.springerlink.com/content/l737631148735143/
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2300-0
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: Bertiella STUDERI; INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; ORIGIN; DNA
• Description: The tapeworm species Bertiella satyri from a semi-wild Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii: Ponginae) is redescribed and the sequence of its 18S rDNA is presented. The tapeworms parasitizing the genera Pan, Pongo, Homo and Hylobates from Muséum National d Histoire Naturelle, Paris and from Muséum d Histoire Naturelle, Geneve are also presented.

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