Genus of blood Coccidia of reptiles. The sporozoites parasitize in erythrocytes, the schizogony occurs in the intestine of the same host. Vectors are culicid mosquitoes and bloodsucking mites – the transmission occurs mechanically as soon as the final host ingests the arthropod containing infected blood.
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(2016). Schellackia. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_2819
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