Hepatozoon species (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) of African bufonids, with morphological description and molecular diagnosis of Hepatozoon ixoxo sp. nov. parasitising three Amietophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae)

Abstract Background Haemogregarines comprise a large group of apicomplexan blood parasites. In 1996 all anuran haemogregarines still in the genus Haemogregarina Danilewsky, 1885 were reassigned to the genus Hepatozoon Miller, 1908. Most (11/15, 73%) African anuran Hepatozoon species have been record...

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Autores principales: Edward C Netherlands, Courtney A Cook, Nico J Smit
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMC 2014-12-01
Colección:Parasites & Vectors
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0552-0