Plasmodium uzungwiense

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Plasmodium uzungwiense is a parasite of the genius Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba .

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Like all Plasmodium species P. uzungwiense has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Plasmodium uzungwiense
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. uzungwiense
Binomial name
Plasmodium uzungwiense

Description

The parasite was first described by Telford in 1988. [1]

Geographical occurrence

This species was described in Tanzania.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known hosts are chameleons ( Chamaeleo species)

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References

  1. ↑ 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


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