Reevaluation of Hemoparasites in the Black Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) with the First Pathological and Molecular Characterizations of Lankesterella desseri n. sp. and Redescription of Hepatozoon gamezi - Chang, Yen-Chi; Lin, Tai-Shen; Huang, Wei-Wen; Lee, Hung-Yi; Shih, Cheng-Hsin; Wu, Ying-Chen; Huang, Chiu-Chen; Chen, Ter-Hsin (Microorganisms (Basel), 2023)
Keywords: Biochemistry; Blood; Ctenosaura; Ctenosaura similis; Cytochrome; deformation; Digital cameras; disease surveillance; Epidemiology; Erythrocytes; Genera; hemococcidia; hemoparasites; hemoprotozoa; Hepatozoon; iguana; iguanidae; Invertebrates; kidneys; Lankesterella; Life cycles; liver; Microorganisms; Microscopy; Molecular biology; Morphology; New species; Parasites; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Physical characteristics; redescriptions; reptiles; Reptiles & amphibians; Ribosomal DNA; United States--US; Japan; Taiwan; Hepatozoon; hemoprotozoa; iguana; Lankesterella; phylogeny; Ctenosaura; iguanidae; hemococcidia; refractile body