Molecular and morphological description of the first Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) species infecting a neotropical turtle, with an approach to its phylogenetic relationships
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182021000184
Abstract: Abstract Abstract Haemogregarines (Adeleorina) have a high prevalence in turtles. Nevertheless, there is only one Hepatozoon species described that infects Testudines so far; it is Hepatozoon fitzsimonsi which infects the African tortoise Kinixys belliana. Colombia… read more here.
Keywords: morphological description; description first; molecular morphological; turtle ... See more keywords