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High Diversity of Hepatozoon spp. in Geckos of the Genus Tarentola.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Aug 2016
Tomé Beatriz, Rato Catarina, Harris D James, Perera Ana
Abstract excerpt
: Hemogregarines are the most-commonly reported hemoparasites in reptiles. In this work we analyzed samples from 572 individuals of 6 species of the wall gecko genus Tarentola from European and African countries adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea as well as from the Macaronesian islands. Screening was done using hemogregarine-specific primers for the 18S rRNA gene. Positive amplifications were sequenced so that...
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