Description of gamontogonic and sporogonic stages of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) from Caudisoma durissa terrifica (Serpentes, Viperidae) (original) (raw)
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Three specimens of Caudisoma durissa terrifica infected with Hepatozoon spp. were studied. One was parasitized by one type of gamont and the other two were each infected by two morphologically different gamonts. Utilizing morphology and morphometry analysis, we concluded that three types of gamonts were very similar and may represent the same Hepatozoon species, but at least three different Hepatozoon species were infecting the C. durissa terrifica snakes in this study. Some of this species caused erythrocyte modifications. The sporogonic development of Hepatozoon sp. was observed from 12 h to the 20th day after female Culex quinquefasciatus blood meals.
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Financial support was provided by FAPESP (process 01/02070-9). All the presented experiments complied with the currents laws of research in Brazil.
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, Univ. Estadual Paulista—UNESP, Campus de Botucatu, Distrito de Rubião Júnior, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18618-970, Brazil
Lucia Helena O’Dwyer, Reinaldo José da Silva & Newton Goulart Madeira
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- Lucia Helena O’Dwyer
- Reinaldo José da Silva
- Newton Goulart Madeira
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O’Dwyer, L.H., da Silva, R.J. & Madeira, N.G. Description of gamontogonic and sporogonic stages of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) from Caudisoma durissa terrifica (Serpentes, Viperidae).Parasitol Res 108, 845–851 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2124-3
- Received: 27 August 2010
- Accepted: 11 October 2010
- Published: 23 October 2010
- Issue date: April 2011
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2124-3