An HIV-positive man from Zimbabwe living in South Africa sought treatment for multiple clinical signs, including fever, weight loss, anemia, and splenomegaly. We identified in his blood an African rodent piroplasm, Anthemosoma garnhami, related to Babesia species. This finding extends the known geographic and host range of A. garnhami.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237893 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204759 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
An HIV-positive man from Zimbabwe living in South Africa sought treatment for multiple clinical signs, including fever, weight loss, anemia, and splenomegaly. We identified in his blood an African rodent piroplasm, Anthemosoma garnhami, related to Babesia species. This finding extends the known geographic and host range of A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHalf a century after its discovery, new insights on Anthemosoma garnhami (Sporozoa, Piroplasmida): morphology, molecular characterisation and phylogenetic position.
Parasitol Res
December 2018
Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes (MCAM), UMR 7245 CNRS/MNHN, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon CP 52, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France.
Here, we report new insights on the erythrocytic murine parasite Anthemosoma garnhami, which was first described from Ethiopia in 1969. Its classification has been debated for years, as this parasite presents some intermediate characters between the Haemosporidia and the Piroplasmida. Based on electron-microscopy, immunological, biochemical and drug sensitivity studies, it was finally assigned to the piroplasms, in the family Anthemosomatidae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochemistry of intraerythrocytic parasites III. Biochemical taxonomy of rodent Babesia.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol
June 1979
Biochemical methods were investigated for use in taxonomic studies on Babesia. The techniques used were variation in the mobility of parasite enzymes on starch gels after electrophoresis and the measurement of the buoyant density of the DNA of the parasites. The study was carried out on four rodent species of Babesia (B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochemistry of intraerythrocytic parasites. II. Comparative studies in carbohydrate metabolism.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol
April 1979
Comparative studies were carried out on the glucose catabolism of mouse erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium berghei, Plasmodium yoelii, Babesia rodhaini, Babesia microti and Anthemosoma garnhami, as well as on uninfected erythrocytes and reticulocytes. The results showed that there was little qualitative difference between the glucose utilization and lactate production of the parasites although quantitative differences between malaria parasites and piroplasms were observed. The rate of glucose utilization of the infected cells was at least an order of magnitude higher than the rate for uninfected erythrocytes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochemistry of intraerythrocytic parasites. I. Identification of enzymes of parasite origin by starch-gel electrophoresis.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol
April 1979
Enzymes of parasite origin were identified by starch-gel electrophoresis. The species of parasite studied were Plasmodium berghei, Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis, Babesia rodhaini and Anthemosoma garnhami. Lactate dehydrogenase, glucose phosphate isomerase and (NADP) glutamate dehydrogenase were detected in all species; phosphogluconate dehydrogenase was detected in both Plasmodium species but malate dehydrogenase only in P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!