Plasmodium gologoense
Appearance
Plasmodium gologoense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. gologoense
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium gologoense Telford, 1988
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Plasmodium gologoense is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. gologoense has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Description
[edit]The parasite was first described by Telford in 1988.[1]
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species was described in Tanzania.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]The only known hosts are chameleons (Chamaeleo species)
References
[edit]- ^ Telford SR Jr. (1988) Studies on African saurian malarias: five Plasmodium species from chamaeleons of the Uzungwe Mountains, Tanzania. Int. J. Parasitol. 18(2):197-219