On the current existence of a coccidial line of development in the malaria parasites: a theory

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Filiberto Malagon¹ 

[1] ,UNAM Facultad de Medicina Depto. de Microbiología y ParasitologíaMéxico,México

关键词: coccidia;    Plasmodium differentation;    Plasmodium evolution and development;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761992000700023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Most opinion favors the origin of the malaria parasites from a coccidial ancestor. It is assumed that whatever the process through which the coccidia differentiated into a Plasmodium this phenomenon very probably occured millions of year ago, and during that differentiation process the original coccidia vanished. Therefore it has never repeated. At the light of some experiments the existence, at the present time, of a coccidial cycle of development in the malaria parasites, is proposed. The conection routes and mechanisms through which the malaria parasite changes to a coccidial life, and the routes in reverse are exposed. Transmission of the malaria-coccidial forms is suggested.

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