Hepatocystis in Hypsignathus monstrosus (pteropinea) in Gaboon I. Hepatocystis malaria in a hammerhead bat population in Gaboon, West Africa.
Blood smears from 142 Hypsignathus monstrosus collected from one site in Gaboon were examined; 139 bats showed Hepatocystis infection; it seems that all animals have acquired Hepatocystis infection by the time they are 6 months of age. Intensity of parasitemias varies according to age, sex and for females to their reproductive status.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005681:Gabon; D008288:Malaria / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors