Haemosporina


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Hae·mo·spo·ri·na

(hē'mō-spō-rī'nă),
A suborder of coccidia (class Sporozoea) that lack syzygy, with separate development of macrogamete and microgamont, the latter producing eight flagellated microgametes; heteroxenous with merogony in vertebrates and sporogony in bloodsucking insects; includes the genera Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, and Plasmodium.
[G. haima, blood, + sporos, seed]
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Hae·mo·spo·ri·na

(hē'mō-spō-rī'nă)
A suborder of Coccidia (class Sporozoea); heteroxenous, with sporogony in bloodsucking insects and merogony in vertebrates including humans; includes the genus Plasmodium.
[G. haima, blood, + sporos, seed]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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Extraction of Hameoproteus columbae (Haemosporina: Haemoproteidae) antigen from rock dove pigeons (Columba livia) and its use in an Antibody ELISA.
Nigde Yoresi Guvercinlerinde (Columba livia) Kan Protozooonlarinin Yayginligi/Prevalence of Haemoprotozoans in Pigeons (Columba livid) in Nigde Province
Pathogenicity ofHaemoproteus meleagridis (Haemosporina: Haemoproteidae) in experimentally infected domesticturkeys.
HAEMOPROTEUS IN WILD AND DOMESTIC BIRDS
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Prevalence and diversity of avian haematozoan parasites in wetlands of Bangladesh

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