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The Occurrence of Hepatozoon in the Gray Squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ) *
Author(s) -
HERMAN CARLTON M.,
PRICE DONALD L.
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1955.tb02396.x
Subject(s) - sciurus carolinensis , sciurus , hepatozoon , zoology , giemsa stain , biology , blood smear , white (mutation) , ecology , malaria , canis , habitat , immunology , genetics , gene
SUMMARY.Hepatozoon sciuri (Coles, 1914) is reported from gray squirrels ( Sciurus carolinensis ) in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Blood smears stained with Giemsa's stain revealed a parasitemia in 16 to 71% of the squirrels examined. A technique for laking the red cells and concentrating the white cells in blood samples demonstrated this protozoon to be present in every squirrel so tested.