[Babesia choloepi n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Piroplasmida), a parasite of the two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Xenarthra, Bradypodidae), in French Guiana]

J P Dedet; M Veilly; Y Robin; O Bonnevie; I Landau

doi:10.1051/parasite/198863116

[Babesia choloepi n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Piroplasmida), a parasite of the two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Xenarthra, Bradypodidae), in French Guiana]

Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 1988;63(1):16-21. doi: 10.1051/parasite/198863116.

[Article in French]

Authors

J P Dedet¹, M Veilly, Y Robin, O Bonnevie, I Landau

Affiliation

¹ Institut Pasteur de la Guyane Française, Cayenne.

PMID: 3400959
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/198863116

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Animals
Babesia / classification*
Babesia / ultrastructure
Babesiosis / parasitology*
Cricetinae
French Guiana
Mice
Sloths / parasitology*
Xenarthra / parasitology*