Dedet J P, Veilly M, Robin Y, Bonnevie O, Landau I
Institut Pasteur de la Guyane Française, Cayenne.
Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 1988;63(1):16-21. doi: 10.1051/parasite/198863116.
A two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) from French Guiana showed an erythrocytic parasite morphologically related to the Babesiidae family, and described as Babesia choloepi. It is the first Babesia species described in the Edentata order.
一只来自法属圭亚那的二趾树懒(霍氏树懒)体内发现了一种红细胞寄生虫,其形态与巴贝斯虫科相关,被命名为乔氏巴贝斯虫。这是在贫齿目动物中首次描述的巴贝斯虫物种。