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 | |
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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
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