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Plasmodium wenyoni

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Plasmodium wenyoni
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. wenyoni
Binomial name
Plasmodium wenyoni
Garnham, 1965

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

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Garnham in 1965.[1] The original host was a Thamnodynastes pallidus that died in a London zoo in 1934.

Distribution

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This species is found in Brazil.

Hosts

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The only known hosts of this species are snakes.

The insect vectors for this species are mosquitoes of the genus Culex.

Fever in the infected snake is irregular.

References

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  1. ^ Garnham P.C. (1965) Plasmodium wenyoni sp. nov., a malaria parasite of a Brazilian snake. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 59:277-279