| prevalence of malaria parasites (plasmodium floridense and plasmodium azurophilum) infecting a puerto rican lizard (anolis gundlachi): a nine-year study. | the prevalence of malaria parasites was studied in the lizard anolis gundlachi over a 9-yr period at a site in the wet evergreen forest of eastern puerto rico. three forms of the parasite infected the lizards; these were plasmodium floridense, plasmodium azurophilum in erythrocytes, and p. azurophilum in white blood cells. overall prevalence of infection for 8 samples during the study period was significantly higher for males than females (32% of 3,296 males and 22% of 1,439 females). during the ... | 2000 | 10864248 |