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of Cercopithecus in Uganda; and Kikuth Toxoplasma bodies found by him in the 



(19x7) reports the occurrence of similar blood cells of a monkey, Mycetes seniculus, 



organisms, also in a Cercopithecus monkey, in Guiana; A. Leger (192.1) names bodies 



Symptoms of fever and anaemia appeared, he observed in the blood cells of a rhesus 



and the blood picture resembled that of monkey in Annam, Grahamella rhesi; 



pernicious anaemia in man. and Langeron (1910) and Leger and Bedier 



(1911) record as Haemogregarina cynomolgi 



doubtful protozoan parasites of and H cymmo i gi var . p a p io bodies seen by 



monkeys them in malarious monkeys (Macacas 



Many bodies that have been observed in cynotnolgus and Papio sphinx). 

 the blood of monkeys have been placed by 



investigators in various groups of protozoa. GENERA AND SPECIES OT **otok>a of 

 Some of these are probably not protozoa monkeys and man 



and others not even living organisms. A comparison of the protozoan parasites 



In this category may be included the of monkeys and man is presented in the 



following. Theze (191 6) describes as a following table. 



Protozoan Parasites of Man Protozoan Parasites of Monkeys 



Amoebae Amoebae 



1. Endamoeba histolytica Endamoeba nuttalli (= E. histolytica!') 



z. Endamoeba coli Endamoeba pitheci (= E. coli?) 



3 . Endamoeba gingivalis 



4. Endolimax nana Endolimax cynomolgi (= E. nana?) 



5. Iodamoeba williamsi lodamoeba kueneni (= I. williamsiV) 



6. Dientamoeba fragilis 



Intestinal Flagellates Intestinal Flagellates 



7. Trichomonas vaginalis Trichomonas macacovaginae (= T. vaginalis?) 



8. Trichomonas buccalis 



9. Trichomonas hominis Trichomonas anthropopitheci (= T. hominisf) 



10. Chilomastix mesnili Chilomastix mesnili var. simiae (= C. mesnili!) 



11. Giardia lamblia Giardia sp. (= G. lamblia?) 



12.. Embadomonas intestinalis Embadomonas wenyoni (= E . intestinalisV) 



13. Tricercomonas intestinalis 



Intestinal Ciliates Intestinal Ciliates 



14. Balantidium coli Balantidium aragaoi (= B. coli?) 

 15 Troglodytella abrassarti 



16 Troglodytella abrassarti acuminata 



17 Troglodytella gorillae 



Trypanosomes Trypanosomes 



18. Trypanosoma gambiense Trypanosoma gambiense (?) 



19. Trypanosoma rhodesiense Trypanosoma rhodesiense (?) 

 zo. Trypanosoma cru-zj. Trypanosoma cru%i (?) 



Leishmanias Leishmanias 



zi . Leishmania donovani 



zz. Letshmania tropica 



Z3 . Leishmania brasilianum 



Malarial Parasites Malarial Parasites 



Z4. Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium vivax (?) 



Z5 . Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium malariae (?) 



z6. Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium falciparum (?) 



Other Protozoa Other Protozoa 



Z7. Isospora hominis 



z8. Sarcocystis sp. 



Z9 Babesia pitheci 



