Prevalence of Hemolivia mauritanica (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Haemogregarinidae) in natural populations of tortoises of the genus Testudo in the East Mediterranean region
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
16405300
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- MeSH
- Apicomplexa physiology MeSH
- Host-Parasite Interactions MeSH
- Ticks parasitology MeSH
- Prevalence MeSH
- Protozoan Infections, Animal epidemiology parasitology MeSH
- Cross-Sectional Studies MeSH
- Turtles parasitology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Bulgaria epidemiology MeSH
- Croatia epidemiology MeSH
- Greece epidemiology MeSH
- Turkey epidemiology MeSH
Hemolivia mauritanica (Sergent et Sergent, 1904) infections were found in 14% (n= 14) of Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 tortoises in Bulgaria and in 92% (n = 26) of those in Turkey. Hemolivia mauritanica-like gametocytes were found in 81% (n = 47) of wild Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792 tortoises in Greece. Parasitaemia intensity (the percentage of infected red blood cells found in approximately 104 cells) was 0.03-22.4% in T. graeca and 0.06-12.27% in T. marginata. On the other hand, all blood samples from 40 Bulgarian, 38 Greek, and 18 Croatian specimens of Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789 were negative.
