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Plasmodium sasai n. sp. from the Japanese Lizard Takydromus tachydromoides
Author(s) -
TELFORD SAM R.,
BALL GORDON H.
Publication year - 1969
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.1550-7408.1969.tb02276.x
Subject(s) - biology , plasmodium (life cycle) , parasitemia , lizard , zoology , malaria , parasite hosting , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , world wide web , computer science
SYNOPSIS. This is the 1st reptilian Plasmodium to be described from eastern Asia. It is apparently of limited geographic distribution. Experimental infections may result in the production of more parasites than red cells in the circulating blood. A single erythrocyte may be infected by as many as 11 parasites. Despite the heavy parasitemia and destruction of erythrocytes, the hosts are apparently not affected by the infection. Mature schizonts are frequently fan‐shaped; they produce 7–17 merozoites. The asexual cycle has a high degree of synchrony.