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Developmental stages and molecular phylogeny of Hepatozoon fitzsimonsi (Dias 1953) (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) in tortoises Stigmochelys pardalis (Cryptodira: Testudinidae) and ticks of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) from South Africa by Mofokeng, Lehlohonolo S, Netherlands, Edward C, Smit, Nico J, Cook, Courtney A

“…Hepatozoon fitzsimonsi (Dias, 1953) is a frequently found haemogregarine of southern African tortoises. At the time of this species' reassignment from the…”
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Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Bacteria from Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks Collected from Reptiles in South Africa by Mofokeng, Lehlohonolo S., Smit, Nico J., Cook, Courtney A.

“…Reptiles are hosts for various tick species and tick-associated organisms, many of which are zoonotic. However, little is known about the presence and…”
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Molecular screening of ticks of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting South African reptiles with comments on their potential to act as vectors for Hepatozoon fitzsimonsi (Dias, 1953) (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) by Mofokeng, Lehlohonolo S., Smit, Nico J., Cook, Courtney A.

“…In South Africa, the role of reptilian ticks in the transmission of haemoparasites is lacking, in part, due to limited information on tick diversity and their…”
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Occurrence of Hepatozoon canis (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) and Anaplasma spp. (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) in black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in South Africa by Penzhorn, Barend L, Netherlands, Edward C, Cook, Courtney A, Smit, Nico J, Vorster, Ilse, Harrison-White, Robert F, Oosthuizen, Marinda C

“…Domestic dogs are not native to sub-Saharan Africa, which may account for their susceptibility to Babesia rossi, of which endemic black-backed jackals (Canis…”
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Hepatozoon species (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) of African bufonids, with morphological description and molecular diagnosis of Hepatozoon ixoxo sp. nov. parasitising three Amietophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae) by Netherlands, Edward C, Cook, Courtney A, Smit, Nico J

“…Haemogregarines comprise a large group of apicomplexan blood parasites. In 1996 all anuran haemogregarines still in the genus Haemogregarina Danilewsky, 1885…”
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Developing an Apicomplexan DNA Barcoding System to Detect Blood Parasites of Small Coral Reef Fishes by Renoux, Lance P, Dolan, Maureen C, Cook, Courtney A, Smit, Nico J, Sikkel, Paul C

“…Apicomplexan parasites are obligate parasites of many species of vertebrates. To date, there is very limited understanding of these parasites in the…”
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The neglected diversity: Description and molecular characterisation of Trypanosoma haploblephari Yeld and Smit, 2006 from endemic catsharks (Scyliorhinidae) in South Africa, the first trypanosome sequence data from sharks globally by Pretorius, Chantelle, Smit, Nico J., Schaeffner, Bjoern C., Cook, Courtney A.

“…With over 200 species of sharks reported from South African waters, the potential of discovering new blood parasites is very high. Unfortunately, this remains…”
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An overview of the Dactylosomatidae (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Dactylosomatidae), with the description of Dactylosoma kermiti n. sp. parasitising Ptychadena anchietae and Sclerophrys gutturalis from South Africa by Netherlands, Edward C., Cook, Courtney A., Du Preez, Louis H., Vanhove, Maarten P.M., Brendonck, Luc, Smit, Nico J.

“…Haemogregarine (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) blood parasites are commonly reported from anuran hosts. Dactylosomatidae (Jakowska and Nigrelli, 1955) is a group of…”
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Biodiversity of frog haemoparasites from sub-tropical northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Netherlands, Edward C, Cook, Courtney A, Kruger, Donnavan J D, du Preez, Louis H, Smit, Nico J

“…Since South Africa boasts a high biodiversity of frog species, a multispecies haemoparasite survey was conducted by screening the blood from 29 species and 436…”
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The distribution and host-association of a haemoparasite of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from the eastern Caribbean based on a combination of morphology and 18S rDNA sequences by Sikkel, Paul C., Cook, Courtney A., Renoux, Lance P., Bennett, Courtney L., Tuttle, Lillian J., Smit, Nico J.

“…Coral reefs harbor the greatest biodiversity per unit area of any ecosystem on earth. While parasites constitute the majority of this biodiversity, they remain…”
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Morphological and molecular characterization of an African freshwater fish trypanosome, including its development in a leech vector by Smit, Nico J., Joubert, Adri, Lawton, Scott P, Hayes, Polly M., Cook, Courtney A.

“…[Display omitted] •This is the first known record of freshwater fish trypanosomes from the Phongolo River, South Africa.•A morphological description of the…”
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Neofoleyellides boerewors n. gen. n. sp. (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) parasitising common toads and mosquito vectors: morphology, life history, experimental transmission and host-vector interaction in situ by Netherlands, Edward C., Svitin, Roman, Cook, Courtney A., Smit, Nico J., Brendonck, Luc, Vanhove, Maarten P.M., Du Preez, Louis H.

“…[Display omitted] •A new genus and species of filarial nematode parasitising toads from South Africa is described.•The life history and natural mosquito…”
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Redescription, molecular characterisation and taxonomic re-evaluation of a unique African monitor lizard haemogregarine Karyolysus paradoxa (Dias, 1954) n. comb. (Karyolysidae) by Cook, Courtney A, Netherlands, Edward C, Smit, Nico J

“…Within the African monitor lizard family Varanidae, two haemogregarine genera have been reported. These comprise five species of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 and a…”
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Blood parasite biodiversity of reef-associated fishes of the eastern Caribbean by Cook, Courtney A., Sikkel, Paul C., Renoux, Lance P., Smit, Nico J.

“…Parasitic micro-organisms can influence multiple ecological processes, from growth, mortality, and behavior, to community structure and trophic interactions,…”
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Ultrastructural Comparison of Hepatozoon ixoxo and Hepatozoon theileri (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae), Parasitising South African Anurans by Conradie, Roxanne, Cook, Courtney A., Preez, Louis H., Jordaan, Anine, Netherlands, Edward C.

“…To date, only two haemogregarine parasite species have been described from South African anurans: Hepatozoon ixoxo, infecting toads of the genus Sclerophrys…”
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First Hemolivia from Southern Africa: Reassigning Chelonian Haemogregarina parvula Dias, 1953 (Adeleorina: Haemogregarinidae) to Hemolivia (Adeleorina: Karyolysidae) by Cook, Courtney A, Netherlands, Edward C, Smit, Nico J

“…To date, only a single species of Hemolivia, Hemolivia mauritanica (Sergent & Sergent, 1904), has been described from African terrestrial tortoises. Although…”
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A new lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium intabazwe n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) in the Afromontane Pseudocordylus melanotus (Sauria: Cordylidae) with a review of African saurian malaria parasites by van As, Johann, Cook, Courtney A, Netherlands, Edward C, Smit, Nico J

“…Saurian malaria parasites are diverse apicomplexan blood parasites including the family Plasmodiidae Mesnil, 1903, and have been studied since the early 1900s…”
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Redescription and molecular diagnosis of Hepatozoon theileri (Laveran, 1905) (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae), infecting Amietia quecketti (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) by Netherlands, Edward C, Cook, Courtney A, Smit, Nico J, du Preez, Louis H

“…Blood smears prepared from the peripheral blood of 20 wild caught Amietia quecketti (Boulenger) from the North-West University Botanical Gardens, North West…”
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First Record of an Intraleucocytic Haemogregarine (Adeleorina: Haemogregarinidae) from South African Tortoises of the Species Stigmochelys pardalis (Cryptodira: Testudinidae) by Cook, Courtney A, Smit, Nico J, Davies, Angela J

“…To date, four intraerythrocytic apicomplexans, namely the haemogregarines Haemogregarina fitzsimonsi and Haemogregarina parvula, and the haemoproteids…”
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A redescription of Haemogregarina fitzsimonsi Dias, 1953 and some comments on Haemogregarina parvula Dias, 1953 (Adeleorina: Haemogregarinidae) from southern African tortoises (Cryptodira: Testudinidae), with new host data and distribution records by Cook, Courtney A, Smit, Nico J, Davies, Angela J

“…Blood films were examined from 154 wild and captive tortoises from four provinces of South Africa, including Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, North West and Western…”
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