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Trypanosoma mochli, a trypanosome from an African lizard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

L. van den Berghe ,
M. Chardome  and
E. Peel
L. van den Berghe
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Medical Protozoology and Zoology, Institute of Scientific Research in Central Africa (I.R.S.A.C.), Lwiro (Bukavu), Congo
M. Chardome
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Medical Protozoology and Zoology, Institute of Scientific Research in Central Africa (I.R.S.A.C.), Lwiro (Bukavu), Congo
E. Peel
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Medical Protozoology and Zoology, Institute of Scientific Research in Central Africa (I.R.S.A.C.), Lwiro (Bukavu), Congo
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The Mochlus fernandi lizards (Scincidae) from the Kivu province (Congo) around Lwiro, Katana, are infected with a broad leaf-like monomorphic trypanosome, Trypanosoma mochli. The high moisture requirements of M. fernandi, which resemble European salamanders, and the morphological similarity of T. mochli to amphibian trypanosomes point to an aquatic transmission and vector for this species.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , August 1964 , pp. 451 - 452
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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