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Haplosporidium

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Haplosporidium
genus of parasitic protozoa in the order Balanosporida found in segmented worms and leeches (annelids).

Haplosporidium nelsoni
cause of multinucleate sphere unknown (MSX) disease in the American oyster.


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Prevalence of Perkinsus marinus (Dermo), Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX), and QPX in bivalves of Delaware's Inland Bays and Quantitative, high-throughput diagnosis of Dermo by QPCR.
By 2006, this 54-yr record covered a number of unique periods, including the period of time after the onset of MSX, a disease caused by the protozoan Haplosporidium nelsoni, circa 1957 (Haskin and Andrews, 1988; Ford, 1997) and the period after the onset of Dermo, a disease caused by the protozoan Perkinsus marinus, circa 1990 (Ford, 1996; Cook et al.
Unfortunately, for managing oyster populations, obstacles exist in meeting this objective because oyster populations do not appear to be inherently equilibrious, particularly those subjected to MSX, a disease caused by the protozoan Haplosporidium nelsoni, or Dermo, a disease caused by the protozoan Perkinsus marinus.
 
 
 
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