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Plasmodium holaspi

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Plasmodium holaspi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. holaspi
Binomial name
Plasmodium holaspi
Telford, 1986

Plasmodium holaspi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba.

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

Description

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The parasite was first described by Telford in 1986.[1]

Geographical occurrence

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This species is found in Tanzania.

Clinical features and host pathology

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This parasite infects the flying lacertid Holaspis guentheri.

References

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  1. ^ Telford Jr., Sam R. (1986). "Studies on African saurian malarias: Plasmodium holaspi n. sp. from the Flying Lacertid Holaspis guentheri". Journal of Parasitology. 72 (2): 271–275. doi:10.2307/3281603. JSTOR 3281603. PMID 3734993.