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Evolution cycle of the Hepatozoon triatomae (Sporozoa, Haemogregarinidae), parasite of triatominea

The author relates the discovery of Triatoma arthurneivai and Tropidurus torquatus, in the localities of Lavras de Cima and Santo Antonio, State of São Paulo, Brazil, infected by a hemogregarine similar to Hepatozoon triatomae (Osimani, 1942) Reichenow 1953. He presents certain aspects of its morphology and also studies the several phases of its evolution cycle, which were completed in the laboratory.

Sporozoa; Hepatozoon triatomae; Triatominae; Tropidurus


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