Unusual double erythrocyte infection by heterogeneric parasites in the lacertid lizard Psammodromus algirus
The observation reported here is noteworthy because it represents a rare case of double heterogeneric (co)infection in a single host erythrocyte. The low frequency of these observations in the sample suggests that the co-occurrence of one Schellackia sporozoite and one Karyolysus gametocyte within a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/112694 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/112694 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 576.89 598.112 Coinfection Karyolysus Schellackia Psammodromus algirus Parasites Parasitología (Veterinaria) Reptiles 2401.12 Parasitología Animal 2401.16 Herpetología |
| Sumario: | The observation reported here is noteworthy because it represents a rare case of double heterogeneric (co)infection in a single host erythrocyte. The low frequency of these observations in the sample suggests that the co-occurrence of one Schellackia sporozoite and one Karyolysus gametocyte within a single host erythrocyte would not benefit either the parasites or the host. We conclude that it represents a stochastic event of single host cell coinfection. |
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