Plasmodium girardi
Appearance
Plasmodium girardi is a malaria parasite affecting lemurs. Discovered in 1951 in 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
- ^ "Plasmodium girardi" (PDF). mcdinternational.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ GARNHAM, P. C. C.; UILENBERG, G. "Malaria parasites of lemurs" (PDF). Annales de Parasitologie.