Browsing by Subject "Morphological description"

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A new lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium intabazwe n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) in the Afromontane Pseudocordylus melanotus (Sauria: Cordylidae) with a review of African saurian malaria parasites

Van As, Johann; Cook, Courtney A.; Netherlands, Edward C.; Smit, Nico J. (BioMed Central, 2016)

Background Saurian malaria parasites are diverse apicomplexan blood parasites including the family Plasmodiidae Mesnil, 1903, and have been studied since the early 1900s. Currently, at least 27 species of Plasmodium are ...
Redescription and molecular characterisation of the fish ectoparasite Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), with description of six new species of Anilocra Leach, 1818 from Africa

Welicky, Rachel L.; Smit, Nico J. (BioMed Central, 2019)

Background: Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 is the only named species of Anilocra Leach, 1818 from South Africa. Anilocra is a large genus (>40 species) with high levels of diversity reported from the Caribbean and Indo-West ...
Reptiles of South Africa as hosts for tickborne pathogens and haemoparasites

Mofokeng, Lehlohonolo (North-West University (South Africa), 2023)

Haemoparasites, ticks, and tickborne bacterial microorganisms have been reported in a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Reptiles have been documented as hosts for ticks, tickassociated microorganisms, as well ...