Saurian Malaria in Kenya: Redescription of Some Plasmodium Species of Lizards in Africa and a Key for the Identification of all Reported Species (original) (raw)
Abstract
Examination of Giemsa stained smears made from the peripheral blood, liver and spleen of hand-caught lizards from West Pokot area showed the presence of seven out of the nine Plasmodium species of lizards which have been previously described in Africa. These species are redescribed using a set of biological characters and procedure which enabled a large quantity of each stage of any species to be studied, measured and compared. The utilization of these characters and procedure was a reaction to the multiple infections in individual lizards and a wide host range of each species among lizard species. The adoption of the criteria is recommended for future taxonomic work on lizard Plasmodia in Africa.
A key which brings together all the previously described species of lizard Plasmodia and the new species encountered in the present investigation is presented. The key is simplified so that it can be of use to epidemiologists and pathologists who may work on saurian malaria in Africa.
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Des examens des étalements minces du sang périphérique, du foie et de la rate des lézards capturés à la main dans le District de Pokot de l’Ouest (Kenya), et colorés au Giemsa, ont démontré la présence de 7 espèces de Plasmodies des lézards sur le 9 espèces précédemment décrites en Afrique. Ces espèces ont été redécrites en utlilisant un nombre de caractères biologiques et un procédé qui permettait d’étudier, de mesurer et de comparer toutes les espèces à grand nombre et à tout niveau de développement. L’utilisation de ces caractères et procédé était une reaction aux infections multiples au niveau individuel des lézards aussi bien qu’à un grand nombre d’hôtes de chaque espèce de plasmodies parmi les espèces de lézards rencontrées. L’adoption des critères est recommandée pour un travail taxonomique futur sur les Plasmodies des lézards en Afrique.
Une clé rassemblant toutes les espèces de Plasmodies des lézards précédemment décrites et des nouvelles espèces rencontrées au cours de ces enquêtes a été présentée. La clé a été simplifiée afin qu’elle soit utilisée par les epidemiologistes et les pathologistes qui éventuellement pourrait travailler sur le paludisme saurien en Afrique.
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- Mutuku J. Mutinga
Present address: The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Parasitology Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA
Olusegun O. Dipeolu
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- Olusegun O. Dipeolu
- Mutuku J. Mutinga
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Dipeolu, O.O., Mutinga, M.J. Saurian Malaria in Kenya: Redescription of Some Plasmodium Species of Lizards in Africa and a Key for the Identification of all Reported Species.Int J Trop Insect Sci 10, 531–544 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400021585
- Received: 28 July 1988
- Published: 01 August 1989
- Issue date: August 1989
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400021585