[Eimeria species (Eucoccidida: Eimeriidae) found in the cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus in Costa Rica].
Cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) were collected from Ojo de Agua, Alajuela (N = 74) and Cañas, Guanacaste (N = 29). Feces had 31 E. sigmodontis, nine E. tuskegeensis, eight E. roperi, three E. webbae and two Eimeria sp. This is the first report of these coccidian parasites for Costa Rica.
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Departamento Parasitología, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica.
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Guerrero
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González
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D000818:Animals; D003364:Costa Rica; D004539:Eimeria / Q000145:classification*; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000469:parasitology*