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Light and electron microscopical study on sarcocysts from muscles of the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), baboon (Papio cynocephalus) and tamarin (Saguinus (=Oedipomidas) oedipus)

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Summary

Sarcocystis cysts from muscles of monkeys (baboon, tamarin and rhesus monkey) were studied by means of light and electron microscopy. The differences in the morphology of the cyst wall and parasites clearly indicate that the three monkey species examined were each parasitized by at least a specific Sarcocystis species being not identical with S. nesbitti or S. kortei. The large numbers of cysts found within the muscle fibres point out the important role that have these monkeys as intermediate hosts in the life cycle of Sarcocystis species, where the final hosts are still unknown.

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Abbreviations

A:

Polysaccharide granules

B:

Vesicle-like invagination of the primary cyst wall

C:

Conoid

CH:

Chamber-like hollow in the interior of the cyst

CO:

Constriction

CR:

Chromosomal material

ER:

Endoplasmic reticulum

F:

Filaments of myosin

FI:

Filamentous elements

G:

Golgi apparatus

GS:

Ground substance

HC:

Host cell

IM:

Inner complex of the pellicle

L:

lipid

MC:

Metrocyte

ME:

Merozoite

MI:

Mitochondrion

MN:

Micronemes

MP:

Micropore

MV:

Multivesicular body

N:

Nucleus

NH:

Nucleus of the host cell

NU:

Nucleolus

OM:

Outer membrane of the pellicle

P:

Polar ring

PA:

Papilla-like processes

PC:

Posterior conus

PE:

Pellicle

PH:

Primary cyst wall

PP:

Posterior polar ring

R:

Rhoptry

SE:

Septum

ST:

Subpellicular microtubules

V:

Vacuole

Z:

Z-line of a sarcomere

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  1. Institut für Zoologie der Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    Heinz Mehlhorn

  2. Institut für Parasitologie der Freien Universität, Berlin

    Alfred Otto Heydorn

  3. Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin

    Klaus Janitschke

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Mehlhorn, H., Heydorn, A.O. & Janitschke, K. Light and electron microscopical study on sarcocysts from muscles of the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), baboon (Papio cynocephalus) and tamarin (Saguinus (=Oedipomidas) oedipus). Z. F. Parasitenkunde 51, 165–178 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00500956

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