Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels

Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels

Previous studies have shown that small mammals are natural hosta to two genera of haemosporidian parasites, Hepatocystis and Plasmodium. In Peninsular Malaysia, 2 Hepatocystis spp. and 3 Plasmodium spp. have been described in small mammals. Early description and classification of these parasites wa...

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Main Author: Harttini, Neeni.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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R Medicine (General)
SF Animal culture
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14135/1/Harttini.pdf
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spelling my-unimas-ir.141352023-05-03T06:46:24Z Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels 2012 Harttini, Neeni. R Medicine (General) SF Animal culture Previous studies have shown that small mammals are natural hosta to two genera of haemosporidian parasites, Hepatocystis and Plasmodium. In Peninsular Malaysia, 2 Hepatocystis spp. and 3 Plasmodium spp. have been described in small mammals. Early description and classification of these parasites was solely based on morphology of infected RBCs, life history traits and species of host infected. These conventional ways to identify and classify these haemosporidian parasites had obscured the evolutionary relationship and mislead terminology of malaria parasites. When DNA technology improved and molecular data became available in the 20th century, Hepatocystis spp. was described in flying foxes from peninsular Malaysia and another study done in sarawak revealed that fruit bats and flying foxes were infected with Hepatocystic spp. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14135/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14135/1/Harttini.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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language English
topic R Medicine (General)
SF Animal culture
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
SF Animal culture
Harttini, Neeni.
Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels
description Previous studies have shown that small mammals are natural hosta to two genera of haemosporidian parasites, Hepatocystis and Plasmodium. In Peninsular Malaysia, 2 Hepatocystis spp. and 3 Plasmodium spp. have been described in small mammals. Early description and classification of these parasites was solely based on morphology of infected RBCs, life history traits and species of host infected. These conventional ways to identify and classify these haemosporidian parasites had obscured the evolutionary relationship and mislead terminology of malaria parasites. When DNA technology improved and molecular data became available in the 20th century, Hepatocystis spp. was described in flying foxes from peninsular Malaysia and another study done in sarawak revealed that fruit bats and flying foxes were infected with Hepatocystic spp.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Harttini, Neeni.
author_facet Harttini, Neeni.
author_sort Harttini, Neeni.
title Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels
title_short Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels
title_full Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels
title_fullStr Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels
title_full_unstemmed Molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in Bornean plantain squirrels
title_sort molecular and morphological characterization of haemosporidian parasites in bornean plantain squirrels
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
granting_department Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
publishDate 2012
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14135/1/Harttini.pdf
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