Biology:Plasmodium maculilabre

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Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium maculilabre
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. maculilabre
Binomial name
Plasmodium maculilabre
Schwetz, 1931

Plasmodium maculilabre is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species P. maculilabre has both vertebrate and insect hosts. In particular, P. maculilabre infects Mabuya maculilabris in the Congo basin.[1]

Description

The parasite was first described by Schwetz in 1931.

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Africa.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host is the skink Mabuia maculilabris.

References

  1. Julius P. Kreier (2 December 2012). Parasitic Protozoa, Volume 7. Academic Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780323139038. https://books.google.com/books?id=lclYzFY6HdEC&q=plasmodium+maculilabre&pg=PA61. Retrieved 15 December 2016. 

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