{"title":"Host specificity and host range of the genus sarcocystis in three snake-rodent life cycles","authors":"Ursula Häfner, Werner Frank","doi":"10.1016/S0174-3031(84)80005-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Three <em>Sarcocystis</em> species with snake-rodent life cycles were studied for their host range and host specificity in systematically related intermediate and definitive hosts. While <em>S. singaporensis</em> and <em>S. villivillosi</em> developed only in murids closely related to the genus <em>Rattus</em>, a third <em>Sarcocystis</em> species (natural definitive host: <em>Bitis nasicornis</em> — syn. <em>Isospora dirumpens?</em>) showed a broad intermediate host range. This species was found to use several <em>Bitis</em> species as definitive hosts. <em>S. singaporensis</em> and <em>S. villivillosi</em> in contrary produced sporocysts only in three <em>Python</em> species and in <em>Aspidites melanocephalus</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79282,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. 1. Abt. Originale A, Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Infektionskrankheiten und Parasitologie = International journal of microbiology and hygiene. A, Medical microbiology, infectious...","volume":"256 3","pages":"Pages 296-299"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0174-3031(84)80005-0","citationCount":"21","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. 1. Abt. Originale A, Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Infektionskrankheiten und Parasitologie = International journal of microbiology and hygiene. A, Medical microbiology, infectious...","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0174303184800050","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Three Sarcocystis species with snake-rodent life cycles were studied for their host range and host specificity in systematically related intermediate and definitive hosts. While S. singaporensis and S. villivillosi developed only in murids closely related to the genus Rattus, a third Sarcocystis species (natural definitive host: Bitis nasicornis — syn. Isospora dirumpens?) showed a broad intermediate host range. This species was found to use several Bitis species as definitive hosts. S. singaporensis and S. villivillosi in contrary produced sporocysts only in three Python species and in Aspidites melanocephalus.