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Plasmodium intabazwe

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Plasmodium intabazwe
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. intabazwe
Binomial name
Plasmodium intabazwe
van As et al, 2016

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

As in all Plasmodium species, P. intabazwe has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Taxonomy

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This parasite was first described by van As et al in 2016.[1]

Distribution

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This species is found in Africa and nearby islands.

Hosts

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This parasite infects the common crag lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus).

References

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  1. ^ van As J, Cook CA, Netherlands EC, Smit NJ (2016) A new lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium intabazwe n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) in the Afromontane Pseudocordylus melanotus (Sauria: Cordylidae) with a review of African saurian malaria parasites. Parasit Vectors 9(1):437