Hepatozoon
- This parasite has been reported from mammals, reptiles and birds and is of importance in dogs.
- Definitive host include ticks, mites, sand flies, tsetse flies, mosquitoes, fleas, lice and leeches.
- Parasite of this genus share basic life-cycle that includes sexual development and sporogony in invertebrate definitive host, and merogony followed by gematogony in vertebrate intermediate host.
Species of hepatozoon
|
Species |
Host |
Intermediate host |
Site |
|
H. canis |
Ticks (Rhipicephalus) |
Dog |
Blood, liver, Kidney |
|
H. americanum |
Ticks (Amblyomma) |
Dog |
Blood, Muscle |
|
H. sps. |
Unknown |
Cat |
Myocardium, Skeletal muscle |
|
H. cuniculi |
Unknown |
Rabbit |
Spleen |
|
H. muris |
Spiny rate mite (Echinolaelaps) |
Rat |
Blood, Liver |