Vincent-Johnson N A, Macintire D K, Lindsay D S, Lenz S D, Baneth G, Shkap V, Blagburn B L
Department of Small Animal Surgery and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama 36849-5523, USA.
J Parasitol. 1997 Dec;83(6):1165-72.
A new species of Adeleina, Hepatozoon americanum, is described from the skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, visceral organs, and blood of dogs (Canis familiaris) in the Southern United States. The organism was previously identified as Hepatozoon canis (James, 1905) Wenyon, 1926; however, differences in clinical signs, histopathological and serological findings, gamont size, and ultrastructure define the new species of Hepatozoon. Attempts to transmit the protozoan from infected dogs to nymphal Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks, the definitive host of H. canis, were not successful.
一种新的阿氏孢子虫属物种——美洲肝簇虫，是从美国南部犬（家犬）的骨骼肌、心肌、内脏器官及血液中发现并描述的。该生物体先前被鉴定为犬肝簇虫（詹姆斯，1905年）温扬，1926年；然而，临床症状、组织病理学和血清学检查结果、配子体大小及超微结构方面的差异，界定了肝簇虫的这个新物种。将该原生动物从受感染犬只传播给犬肝簇虫的终末宿主血红扇头蜱若虫的尝试未成功。
