Entopolypoides is a genus of parasites belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa.
| Entopolypoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Piroplasmida |
| Family: | Babesiidae |
| Genus: | Entopolypoides Mayer, 1933 |
| Species | |
History edit
The type species (Entopolypoides macaci) was described by Mayer in 1934 in a Macaca irus monkey from Java.[1]
Description edit
Young parasites are delicate rings with a large vacuole but the more mature parasites have several fine long processes.
After three days in the erythrocyte the parasite divides into four. There is no synchronicity of division.
Host range edit
- vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus)
- Syke's monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis)
- long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
- macaque (Macaca irus)
- yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus)
Note edit
The genus Entopolypoides may be synonymous with that of Babesia.[2] Further work in this area will be need to clarify this.
References edit
- ^ Fairbairn H (1948). "The occurrence of a piroplasm, Entopolypoides macaci, in East African monkeys". Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 42 (1): 118. doi:10.1080/00034983.1948.11685355. PMID 18915553.
- ^ Bronsdon MA, Homer MJ, Magera JM, Harrison C, Andrews RG, Bielitzki JT, Emerson CL, Persing DH, Fritsche TR (1999). "Detection of enzootic babesiosis in baboons (Papio cynocephalus) and phylogenetic evidence supporting synonymy of the genera Entopolypoides and Babesia". J. Clin. Microbiol. 37 (5): 1548–53. PMC 84825. PMID 10203519.
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