Plasmodium michikoa
Appearance
Plasmodium michikoa | |
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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. michikoa
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium michikoa Telford, 1988
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Plasmodium michikoa is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. michikoa has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Description
[edit]The parasite was first described by Telford in 1988.[1]
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species was described in Tanzania.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]The only known hosts are chameleons (Chamaeleo species)
References
[edit]- ^ Telford SR Jr. (1988) Studies on African saurian malarias: five Plasmodium species from chamaeleons of the Uzungwe Mountains, Tanzania. Int. J. Parasitol. 18(2):197-219
Further reading
[edit]- Klaver, Charles; Böhme, Wolfgang (August 1990). "Clarification of the taxonomic status of a host of two new Plasmodium species". International Journal for Parasitology. 20 (5): 693. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(90)90131-6.