Plasmodium robinsoni
Appearance
Plasmodium robinsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. robinsoni
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium robinsoni Brygoo, 1962
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Plasmodium robinsoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. robinsoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
Description
[edit]The species was first described by Brygoo in 1962 in the chameleon (Chamaeleo brevicornis).
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species is found in Madagascar.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]This species is known to infect the chameleon species Chamaeleo brevicornis and Chamaelo parsoni crucifer.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Telford, S. R.; Jr.; Landau, I. (1987). "Plasmodium brygooi sp. n. from Chamaeleo brevicornis of Madagascar, with a redescription of Plasmodium robinsoni (Brygoo, 1962) from its type host and an additional host, Chamaeleo parsoni crucifer". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 62 (5): 395–404. doi:10.1051/parasite/1987625395.