Folia Parasitologica 46[3] 175-178 (1999)

Globidia infection in the gut of an Australian gecko Heteronotia binoei

Ilan Paperna

Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76 100, Israel

Globidia, at various stages of differentiation were found in histological sections prepared from the digestive tract of an Australian gecko Heteronotia binoei Gray, 1845. The globidia - seemingly in hypertrophic endothelial host cells - were located in the lamina propria of the small intestine, and were enclosed in a parasitophorous vacuole with various stages of differentiating meronts. When fully matured, globidia contained hundreds of merozoites within their parasitophorous vacuole.

Keywords: globidia, merogony stages, intestine, lamina propria, Heteronotia binoei, gecko, Australia

Received: October 30, 1998; Accepted: January 26, 1999; Published: September 1, 1999  Show citation