Snakes and Souks: Zoonotic pathogens associated to reptiles in the Marrakech markets, Morocco

JA Mendoza-Roldan… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The world-famous markets of Marrakech, also known in Arabic as souks, harbor a vast
diversity of reptiles that are sold for medicinal/magic/pet purposes or used for snake …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity, phylogenetic position, and co-phylogenetic relationships of Karyolysus, a common blood parasite of lizards in the western Mediterranean

R Megía-Palma, J Martínez, PS Fitze, JJ Cuervo… - International Journal for …, 2023 - Elsevier
The genus Karyolysus was originally proposed to accommodate blood parasites of lacertid
lizards in Western Europe. However, recent phylogenetic analyses suggested an …

Comments on the systematic revision of adeleid haemogregarines: are more data needed?

JP Maia, S Carranza, DJ Harris - Journal of Parasitology, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Haemogregarines are a group of apicomplexan parasites composed of 3 families that infect
a wide range of hosts. Many species within these families have been subjected to …

Monophyly of the species of Hepatozoon (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) parasitizing (African) anurans, with the description of three new species from hyperoliid frogs in …

EC Netherlands, CA Cook, LH Du Preez… - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Haemogregarines (Apicomplexa: Adeleiorina) are a diverse group of haemoparasites
reported from almost all vertebrate classes. The most commonly recorded haemogregarines …

Redescription, molecular characterisation and taxonomic re-evaluation of a unique African monitor lizard haemogregarine Karyolysus paradoxa (Dias, 1954) n. comb …

CA Cook, EC Netherlands, NJ Smit - Parasites & Vectors, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Within the African monitor lizard family Varanidae, two
haemogregarine genera have been reported. These comprise five species of Hepatozoon …

A new species of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 (Apicomplexa: Adelerina) from the snake Philodryas nattereri Steindachner (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in northeastern …

DM Borges-Nojosa, MJ Borges-Leite, JP Maia… - Systematic …, 2017 - Springer
Based on both unique morphological characteristics of the gamont, distinct changes caused
to the host erythrocyte and analysis of partial 18S rRNA gene sequences, a new parasite of …

Diversity of Karyolysus and Schellackia from the Iberian lizard Lacerta schreiberi with sequence data from engorged ticks

K Zechmeisterová, JG De Bellocq, P Široký - Parasitology, 2019 - cambridge.org
Apicomplexan haemoparasites of the genera Schellackia Reichenow, 1919, and Karyolysus
Labbé, 1894, seem to be common in lizards and widespread across the world. For decades …

[PDF][PDF] Noll Louzada-Flores V, Lekouch N, Khouchfi I, Annoscia G, Zatelli A, et al.(2023) Snakes and Souks: Zoonotic pathogens associated to reptiles in the Marrakech …

JA Mendoza-Roldan - PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023 - researchgate.net
The world-famous markets of Marrakech, also known in Arabic as souks, harbor a vast
diversity of reptiles that are sold for medicinal/magic/pet purposes or used for snake …

Assessing the diversity, host-specificity and infection patterns of apicomplexan parasites in reptiles from Oman, Arabia

JP Maia, DJ Harris, S Carranza, E Gomez-Diaz - Parasitology, 2016 - cambridge.org
Understanding the processes that shape parasite diversification, their distribution and
abundance provides valuable information on the dynamics and evolution of disease. In this …

Two new species of hepatozoon (apicomplexa: hepatozoidae) parasitising species of Philothamnus (ophidia: colubridae) from South Africa

CA Cook, EC Netherlands, NJ Smit, J Van As - 2018 - repository.nwu.ac.za
To date, only a few species of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 have been described from
amphibians and reptiles of South Africa, including two species from anuran hosts, three from …