Plasmodium azurophilum

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Plasmodium azurophilum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. azurophilum
Binomial name
Plasmodium azurophilum
Telford, 1975

Plasmodium azurophilum is a species of the genus Plasmodium . Like all species in this genus it is a parasite of both vertebrates and insects. The vertebrate hosts are anole lizards.

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Description

This species was described by Telford in 1975. [1]

It has been suggested that P. azurophilum represents more than one species with one species infecting red blood cells and the other infecting white blood cells. [2]

Hosts

Plasmodium azurophilum has been described in many species of Anolis. Species known to be infected are Anolis cristatellus , Anolis evermanni , Anolis gingivinus , Anolis gundlachi , [3] Anolis krugi , Anolis oculatus , Anolis roquet , [4] Anolis sabanus , and Anolis stratulus . [1]

Median parasitaemia rates in infections tend to be low (<0.5%). [3]

Geographic location

This parasite is found in the eastern Caribbean. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Telford SR, ed. (2016). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. p. 20. ISBN   9781420080414 . Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Perkins, SL (2001). "Phylogeography of Caribbean lizard malaria: tracing the history of vector-borne parasites". J. Evol. Biol. 14 (1): 34–45. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00261.x . PMID   29280571.
  3. 1 2 Schall, JJ; Pearson, AR; Perkins, SL (2000). "Prevalence of malaria parasites (Plasmodium floridense and Plasmodium azurophilum) infecting a Puerto Rican lizard (Anolis gundlachi): a nine-year study". J. Parasitol. 86 (3): 511–515. doi: 10.2307/3284865 . JSTOR   3284865. PMID   10864248.
  4. ↑ Ayala, SC; Hertz, PE (1981). "Malaria infection in Anolis lizards on Martinique, Lesser Antilles". Rev. Inst. Med.Trop. Sao Paulo. 23 (1): 12–17. PMID   7280471.


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