Plasmodium brumpti
Plasmodium brumpti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba.[1]
Like all Plasmodium species P. brumpti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
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Description
Plasmodium brumpti are differentiated from other Plasmodium species by several characteristics. In the blood of the reptile host, parasites in the schizont stage produce 12-22 merozoites. The gametocytes are elongated and ovular.[1] Both schizonts and gametocytes are fairly large, more than twice the size of the host cell nucleus.[1]
P. brumpti has been found in reptiles in Morelos, Alpoyeca, and Puente de Ixtla, Mexico.[1]
History
This species was described by Peláez and Perez-Reyes in 1952 in the reptile Sceloporus borridus.[1] It was named after Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Telford SR (2008). "Plasmodium brumpti Pelaez and Perez-Reyes 1952". Hemoparasites of the Reptilia:Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9781420080407.
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