Intraerythrocytic organisms were found in a Moroccan tortoise Testudo graeca imported into England. It is suggested that the parasites belong to the Rickettsia group of organisms and that Hyalomma aegyptium is possibly the vector.
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1 April 1974
AN INTRAERYTHROCYTIC PARASITE OF THE MOROCCAN TORTOISE
M. A. PEIRCE,
A. R. W. CASTLEMAN