Miltgen F, Landau I, Le Bail O, Yap L Y
Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 1976 May-Jun;51(3):287-97.
Hepatocystis brayi n. sp. is described and separated from the second species parasitising Malaysian Sciuridae, H. malayensis Field and Edeson, 1950. H. brayi is characterized by: 1) the evolution of its tissue schizonts which are intracellular throughout all their development; the cytoplasm and the nucleus of the host cell are highly hypertrophied; 2) the scarcity of the colloid. The schizogony persists for several months in the liver of infected animals and the gametocytaemia apparently undergoes seasonal relapses. H. brayi is a parasite of hosts occurring in the middle and under canopy, H. malayensis the middle and top canopy.
描述了布氏肝簇虫（Hepatocystis brayi）新种，并将其与寄生于马来西亚松鼠科的第二种肝簇虫——马来亚肝簇虫（H. malayensis Field和Edeson，1950）区分开来。布氏肝簇虫的特征如下：1）其组织裂殖体在整个发育过程中均为细胞内寄生；宿主细胞的细胞质和细胞核高度肥大；2）胶体稀少。裂体生殖在受感染动物的肝脏中持续数月，配子虫血症显然会出现季节性复发。布氏肝簇虫是中层和下层树冠层宿主的寄生虫，而马来亚肝簇虫是中层和上层树冠层宿主的寄生虫。
