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Morphological and Developmental Studies of the Snake Trypanosome Trypanosoma hydrae Ayala, Atkinson, Vakalis, 1983 in Experimentally Infected Hosts and in Culture
Author(s) -
CHIA NOEL M.,
MILLER JOSEPH H.
Publication year - 1984
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.1550-7408.1984.tb02975.x
Subject(s) - biology , inoculation , virology , anatomy , botany , immunology
Trypanosoma hydrae from the broad‐banded watersnake, Nerodia fasciata confluens , underwent development in the freshwater leech, Placobdella parasitica . Epimastigotes and transitional stages were present only in the crop and gastric caecum. Only one metacyclic form was observed. The potential of leeches as vectors is discussed. Two broad‐banded watersnakes were infected by inoculation with culture forms of T. hydrae maintained on NNN medium. Parasitemias varied from 10 5 /ml to 10 6 /ml with dividing forms seen only rarely. A broad and a slender form of T. hydrae are described from the peripheral blood of a watersnake 7 months after an experimental infection.