Table 2.
Parasites of vertebrate erythrocytes.
| Family | Genera | Mammals | Fish | Amphibia | Reptils | Birds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dactylosomatidae | Babesiosoma | [56] | [4] | [4] | [4] | [62] |
| Dactylosomatidae | Dactylosoma | - | [4] | [4] | [4] | - |
| Garniidae | Garnia | - | - | - | [4] | [63] |
| Garniidae | Progarnia | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Garniidae | Saurocytozoon | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Haemogregarinidae | Cyrilia | - | [4] | - | - | - |
| Haemogregarinidae | Desseria | - | [4] | - | - | - |
| Haemogregarinidae | Haemogregarina | [57] | [4] | [4] | [4] | [57] |
| Haemogregarinidae | Hemolivia | - | - | [4] | [4] | - |
| Haemogregarinidae | Hepatozoon | [57] | [4] | [4] | [4] | [57] |
| Haemogregarinidae | Karyolysus | - | - | [57] | [4] | - |
| Haemoproteidae | Haemoproteus | [57] | - | [4] | [4] | [64] |
| Haemoproteidae | Haemocystidium | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Haemoproteidae | Simondia | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Lankesterellidae | Lainsonia | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Lankesterellidae | Lankesterella | - | - | [4] | [4] | [57] |
| Lankesterellidae | Schellackia | - | - | [4] | [4] | - |
| Plasmodiidae | Billbraya | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Plasmodiidae | Mesnilium | - | [4] | - | - | - |
| Plasmodiidae | Plasmodium | [58] | - | - | [4] | [65] |
| Trypanosomatida | Sauroleishmania | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Uncertain | Chelonoplasma | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Uncertain | Cingula | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Uncertain | Erythrocytonucleophaga | - | - | [4] | - | - |
| Uncertain | Globidiellum | - | [4] | - | - | - |
| Uncertain | Haematractidium | - | [4] | - | [4] | - |
| Uncertain | Haemohormidium | - | [4] | - | [4] | - |
| Uncertain | Sauromella | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Unceratin | Tunetella | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Anaplasmataceae | Aegyptianella | - | - | [4] | [4] | - |
| Anaplasmataceae | Bertarellia | - | - | [4] | [4] | - |
| Anaplasmataceae | Cytamoeba | - | - | [4] | [4] | - |
| Anaplasmataceae | Eperythrozoon | [59] | [4] | - | - | - |
| Anaplasmataceae | Haemobartonella | [59] | [4] | [4] | [4] | - |
| Bartonellaceae | Grahamella | - | - | - | [4] | - |
| Viral | Orthomyxoviridae Influenza A | [60,61] | - | - | - | [66] |
| Viral | Retroviridae Lentivirus (HIV-1) | [53] | - | - | - | - |
| Viral | Orthomyxoviridae Isavirus (ISAV) | - | [4] | - | - | - |
| Viral | unknown Immanoplasma* | - | [4] | - | - | - |
| Viral | unknown Pirhemocyton* | - | - | [4] | [4] | - |
| Viral | unknown Toddia* | - | [4] | [4] | [4] | - |
Table reports parasitic genera infecting both nucleated and non-nucleated vertebrate erythrocytes. References are numbers according to bibliography listing.
*These genus names are not accepted viral genera, but were designated in the early 1900s based on erythrocyte inclusions thought to be caused by protozoan parasites. The inclusions were subsequently found to be associated with icosahedral virus particles considered most likely to be large DNA viruses, possibly in the family Iridoviridae, but the taxonomy has not been conclusively defined.