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Plasmodium cnemaspi

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Plasmodium cnemaspi
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. cnemaspi
Binomial name
Plasmodium cnemaspi
Telford, 1984

Plasmodium cnemaspi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.

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

Description

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The parasite was first described by Telford in 1984.[1]

Geographical occurrence

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This species is found in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.

Clinical features and host pathology

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This species infects the lizard Cnemaspis africana.

References

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  1. ^ Telford, Jr S.R. (1984) Studies on African saurian malarias: Three Plasmodium species from gekkonid hosts J. Parasitol. 70 (3) 343-354