| 21. | The life cycle of " Plasmodium " involves several distinct stages in the insect and vertebrate hosts.
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| 22. | As such, only the parasite stages which infect red blood cells of the vertebrate host have been described.
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| 23. | The vertebrate host of this species is unknown but it seems likely that it may have been a bird.
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| 24. | Aquatic birds that nest in colonies are the most common vertebrate hosts, including gannets, terns and herons.
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| 25. | All " Plasmodia " are parasitic and require both a vertebrate host and an insect host to reproduce.
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| 26. | Known vertebrate hosts include various primates ( including humans ), birds, rodents, bats, porcupines and squirrels.
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| 27. | Myiasis is the infestation of live or necrotic tissue on a vertebrate host by fly larvae ( Stevens 2003 ).
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| 28. | The reduction has happened before the origin of the present species and with that before their adaption to vertebrate hosts.
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| 29. | A limiting criterion for inclusion within the genus " Mycoplasma " is that the organism have a vertebrate host.
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| 30. | The meronts are released into the bloodstream where they form gametocytes, the final stage of development within the vertebrate host.
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