Plasmodium colombiense
Appearance
Plasmodium colombiense | |
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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. colombiense
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium colombiense Ayala and Spain, 1976
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Plasmodium colombiense is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. colombiense has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Description
[edit]The parasite was first described by Ayala and Spain in 1976.[1]
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species is found in Venezuela.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]The only known host of this parasite is the iguanid lizard Anolis auratus.
References
[edit]- ^ Ayala, Stephen C.; Spain, Joyce Lance (1976). "A population of Plasmodium colombiense sp. n. in the iguanid lizard, Anolis auratus". Journal of Parasitology. 62 (2): 177–178. doi:10.2307/3279261. JSTOR 3279261. PMID 1263025.
Further reading
[edit]- Telford, Sam R. (November 1980). "The saurian malarias of Venezuela: Plasmodium species from iguanid and teiid hosts". International Journal for Parasitology. 10 (5–6): 365–374. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(80)90037-5. PMID 7203781.