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sporozoite
one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
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trophozoite
a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle
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merozoite
a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
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coccidium, eimeria
parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
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gregarine
vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
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haemosporidian
minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens
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Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite, plasmodium
parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
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haemoproteid
related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds
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leucocytozoan, leucocytozoon
parasitic in birds
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piroplasm
minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
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sarcocystidean, sarcocystieian, sarcosporidian
parasite of the muscles of vertebrates
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haplosporidian
parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance
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actinomyxidian
parasites of worms
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microsporidian
parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
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myxosporidian
mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens
