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Malaria parasites of some Brazilian lizards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. Walliker
D. Walliker
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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From lizards caught in the Codajaz region, Amazonas, Brazil, the following malaria parasites are described:

Plasmodium rhadinurum Thompson & Huff, 1944 from Iguana iguana L.

A species of Plasmodium from Ameiva ameiva L.

A species of Plasmodium from Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Daudin).

I wish to express my thanks to the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (I.N.P.A.) at Manaus for their help in the collection of material; to Professor P. C. C. Garnham, C.M.G., F.R.S., for assistance in identification, and to Mr P. E. Nesbitt for advice on staining procedures. This work was carried out during the tenure of a Medical Research Council Scholarship for Training in Research Methods.

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Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , February 1966 , pp. 39 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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