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Plasmodium foleyi

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Plasmodium foleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. foleyi
Binomial name
Plasmodium foleyi
Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel, 1952

Plasmodium foleyi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. foleyi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Description

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This species was described by Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel in 1952. Its description was amended by Garnham and Uilenbe.

It was discovered in a splenectomised Lemur fulvus rufus in 1951 and it is named after Dr. H. Foley of the Pasteur Institute of Algeria.

The infected erythrocyte becomes enlarged.

Distribution

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This species is found in Madagascar.

Hosts

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The only known host is the lemur Lemur fulvus rufus.

References

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