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Plasmodium fairchildi

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Plasmodium fairchildi
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. fairchildi
Binomial name
Plasmodium fairchildi
Telford, 1989

Plasmodium fairchildi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are reptiles. The insect vector is not known.

Description

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This species was described by Telford in 1989.

Geographic occurrence

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This species has been described in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

Clinical features and host pathology

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The only known host is the lizard Anolis cupreus.

Note

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Two subspecies were recognised Plasmodium fairchildi fairchildi and Plasmodium fairchildi hispaniolae but the latter has been elevated to species level as Plasmodium hispaniolae.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Falk BG, Luke Mahler D, Perkins SL (2011) Tree-based delimitation of morphologically ambiguous taxa: A study of the lizard malaria parasites on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Int J Parasitol

Further reading

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Telford, S.R.; Johnson, R.N.; Young, D.G. (May 1989). "Additional Plasmodium species from Anolis lizards of Hispaniola and Panama". International Journal for Parasitology. 19 (3): 3–9. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(89)90138-0. PMID 2759768.