LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

First molecular detection of Haemoproteus spp. and Plasmodium spp. in eared doves (Zenaida auriculata) in Brazil

Taroda, Alessandra; Barros, Luiz Daniel de; Seixas, Mércia de; Cardim, Sérgio Tosi; Sasse, João Pedro; Minutti, Ana Flávia; Vidotto, Odilon; Garcia, João Luis.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 29 (3), 2020

Abstract The aim of this study was to verify the presence and identify the species of haemosporidian parasites in eared doves (Zenaida auriculata) in Brazil. Two hundred and eleven male and female eared doves were trap-captured in four different regions of Londrina city, in southern Brazil. Whole blood w...

Apicomplexa/clasificación, Apicomplexa/genética, Enfermedades de las Aves/diagnóstico, Enfermedades de las Aves/parasitología, Brasil, Columbidae/parasitología, Filogenia, Plasmodium/clasificación, Plasmodium/genética, Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/veterinaria, Infecciones Protozoarias en Animales/diagnóstico, Infecciones Protozoarias en Animales/parasitología

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Hepatozoon pyramidumi sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) from the blood of Echis pyramidum: morphology and SSU rDNA sequence

Mansour, Lamjed; Abdel-Haleem, Heba Mohamed; Al-Malki, Esam Sharf; Al-Quraishy, Saleh; Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem Shaban.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 29 (2), 2020

Abstract Hepatozoon pyramidumi sp. n. is described from the blood of the Egyptian saw-scaled viper, Echis pyramidum, captured from Saudi Arabia. Five out of ten viper specimens examined (50%) were found infected with Hepatozoon pyramidumi sp. n. with parasitaemia level ranged from 20-30%. The infection w...

Apicomplexa/clasificación, Apicomplexa/genética, Apicomplexa/fisiología, ADN Protozoario/genética, ADN Ribosómico/genética, Eritrocitos, Eritrocitos/patología, Hígado/parasitología, Hígado/patología, Pulmón/parasitología, Pulmón/patología, Parasitemia/parasitología, Parasitemia/veterinaria, Filogenia, Arabia Saudita, Análisis de Secuencia de ADN, Viperidae/sangre, Viperidae/parasitología

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Hepatozoon caimani in Caiman crocodilus yacare (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) from North Pantanal, Brazil

Bouer, Andréa; André, Marcos Rogério; Gonçalves, Luiz Ricardo; Luzzi, Mayara de Cássia; Oliveira, Juliana Paula de; Rodrigues, Adriana Carlos; Varani, Alessandro de Melo; Miranda, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira de; Perles, Lívia; Werther, Karin; Machado, Rosangela Zacarias.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 26 (3), 2017

Abstract Hepatozoon species are the most common intracellular hemoparasite found in reptiles. Hepatozoon caimani, whose vectors are Culex mosquitoes, has been detected in a high prevalence among caimans in Brazil by blood smears examinations. The present work aimed to detect and characterize the Hepatozo...

Caimanes y Cocodrilos/sangre, Caimanes y Cocodrilos/parasitología, Apicomplexa/clasificación, Apicomplexa/genética, Apicomplexa/aislamiento & purificación, Brasil, Humedales

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