Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1973
Journal
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Volume
9
First Page
331
Last Page
335
Abstract
Lymphocystis is described for the first time from Africa. Lymphocystis infected cells formed clusters on the tails of cichlid fishes from East African lakes. Small rounded inclusion bodies and many large vacuoles were observed in the cytoplasm of the hypertrophied cells.
Publication Statement
Contribution (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) no. 550.
Recommended Citation
Paperna, Ilan, Lymphocystis in fish from east African lakes (1973). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 9, 331-335.
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