Piroplasmida
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Babesiidae Theileriidae Dactylosomatidae
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Piroplasms are an order of protozoan parasite of the phylum Apicomplexa.[1][2] They divide by binary fission and as sporozoan parasites they possess sexual and asexual phases (sexual reproduction occurs in the tick gut[3]). They include the tick parasites Babesia and Theileria.[4][5].
[edit] References
- ^ Definition: piroplasmida from Online Medical Dictionary
- ^ Flora and Fauna of the British Isles
- ^ Rudzinska et al. (1983) "Sexuality in Piroplasms as Revealed by Electron Microscopy in Babesia microti" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
- ^ Definition: Theileriidae from Online Medical Dictionary
- ^ Theleriosis: The causal organism and life cycle
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