Sporogonic development of Hepatozoon americanum (Apicomplexa) in its definitive host, Amblyomma maculatum (Acarina)
Sporogonic development of Hepatozoon americanum (Apicomplexa) in its definitive host, Amblyomma maculatum (Acarina)
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DOI：
10.2307/3285663
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发表时间：
1999-12-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Kocan, KM
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作者：
Mathew, JS;Ewing, SA;Kocan, KM
Light microscopic observations of the sporogonic development of Hepatozoon americanum are described in its acarine host, Amblyomma maculatum. Laboratory-reared nymphal licks were fed on 2 dogs infected with H. americanium. Nymphal ticks were sampled daily, starting 3 days after being placed on a parasitemic dog, until 18 days after infestation (PI), and then every 3 or 4 days until replete nymphs molted. Ticks were examined as unstained wet mounts and hematoxylin-eosin-stained paraffin sections. Gametes were found within the gut cells of nymphs 4 and 6 days PI. Although differentiation of gamonts into gametes was not detected, syngamy and sporogony were observed. Sporogony appears to occur wholly within tick gut cells, followed by release of mature oocysts into the hemocoel. The earliest evidence of sporoblast formation was observed 23 days PI and of sporozoite formation, 10 days later. Mature oocysts were first found 42 days PI in newly molted adult ticks. Most adult ticks (>98%) that were dissected contained mature oocysts. Oocysts were multisporocystic, and sporocysts contained a variable number of sporozoites. Oocysts in various stages of development were often seen within the same tick, and the number of mature oocysts ranged from 4 to 573.
