Abstract
SYNOPSIS. Besnoitia darlingi (Brumpt, 1913) Mandour, 1965 has been rediscovered in the common opossum Didelphis marsupialis in the Republic of Panama. A strain (D3) has been established in laboratory white mice. Proliferative crescents of the D3 strain are 6.1 (range 6.0‐9.0) by 2.1 (range 1.7‐4.0).Mouse‐adapted B. darlingi produced acute, fatal infections in white mice, hamsters, 14 marmosets (Saguinus geoffroyi), 2 squirrels (Sciurus variegatoides and S. granatensis), a woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus) and a four‐eyed opossum (Philander opossum) It probably produced chronic infections (cysts) in 2 wild‐caughtopossums (Didelphis marsupialis) and one lizard (Ameiva ameiva). Animals in which induced infection could not be found after inoculation with trophozoites of mouse‐adapted B. darlingi were: 2 adult and 2 new‐born guinea pigs, laboratory rats, 1 night monkey (Aotus trivirgatus), 2 rhesus monkeys (Macacca mulatta), one iguana (Iguaanaiguana) and 2 baby caimans (Caiman sclerops).
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