Hemolytic activity of Monocercomonas spp.
The hemolytic activity of an isolate of Monocercomonas spp. from Tropidophis melanurus (snake: Boidae) was investigated. The isolate was tested against human erythrocytes of groups A, B, AB and O and against erythrocytes of six adult animals of different species (rabbit, rat, chicken, horse, bovine, and sheep). Results show that Monocercomonas spp. exerted an hemolytic activity against all erythrocytes tested.
Da Silva
A C
AC
Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
De Carli
G A
GA
Brasseur
P
P
Tasca
T
T
Castilhos
D
D
Wendorff
A
A
D000818:Animals; D017821:Boidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000469:parasitology*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012756:Sheep; D013045:Species Specificity; D016834:Trichomonadida / Q000378:metabolism*