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Revision as of 19:39, 20 September 2007

Plasmodium wenyoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species P. wenyoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Plasmodium achiotense
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P. wenyoni
Binomial name
Plasmodium wenyoni

Description

The parasite was first described by Garnham in 1965. [1] The original host was a Thamnodynastes pallidus that died in a London zoo in 1934.

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Brazil, South America.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known hosts of this species are snakes.

The insect vectors for this species are mosquitoes of the genus Culex.

Fever in the infected snake is irregular.

References

  1. ^ Garnham P.C. (1965) Plasmodium wenyoni sp. nov., a malaria parasite of a Brazilian snake. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 59:277-279