Plasmodium cercopitheci

Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Vinckeia) which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.

Plasmodium cercopitheci
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. cercopitheci
Binomial name
Plasmodium cercopitheci

Description

The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.[1]

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Coatney, G. Robert; Roudabush, Robert L. (1936). "A Catalog and Host-Index of the Genus Plasmodium". The Journal of Parasitology. 22 (4): 338. doi:10.2307/3271859. JSTOR 3271859.


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