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A new malaria parasite in Hylopetes alboniger Hodgson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

B. Dasgupta ,
Nandalal Pal ,
Amal Chatterjee  and
Dipak Chatterjee
B. Dasgupta
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Nandalal Pal
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Amal Chatterjee
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Dipak Chatterjee
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
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Tissue stage and erythrocytic stages of a new malaria parasite Rayella hylopetei n.sp., is described from a Particoloured flying squirrel Hylopetes alboniger Hodgson encountered in Darjeeling. Tissue stages are represented by schizonts in the form of cystic bodies occurring in characteristic foci of infection occurringi n the liver. Schizonts are absent in the erythrocytes, and it appears that all immature stages in the erythrocytes directly develop into gametocytes. Haemozoin pigments occur in the form of black granules. The infected red blood cells are slightly enlarged and are without stippling.

The investigation received financial support from the World Health Organization.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 1971 , pp. 195 - 197
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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