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Plasmodium girardi

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Plasmodium girardi is a malaria parasite affecting lemurs. Discovered in 1951 the blood of a fulvus rufus (red-fronted lemur), the specie was named after Dr. G. Girard, the former director of the Pasteur Institute of Tananarive.[1] P girardi is one of the four species of Plasmodium that have been described from lemurs, along with P. foleyi, P. lemuris and an unnamed species.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Plasmodium girardi" (PDF). mcdinternational.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ GARNHAM, P. C. C.; UILENBERG, G. "Malaria parasites of lemurs" (PDF). Annales de Parasitologie.
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