Abstract
Protozoa of the genus Hepatozoon spp. comprise hemogregarines belonging to the Apicomplexa phylum, which are responsible for infecting a wide variety of hosts. They have a heteroxene cycle, in which the intermediary hosts are represented by vertebrates that usually become infected by ingesting blood-feeding arthropods containing sporulated oocysts (ticks, flies, mosquitoes), which, in tur…