Plasmodium fairchildi
| Plasmodium fairchildi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. fairchildi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium fairchildi Telford, 1989
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Plasmodium fairchildi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are reptiles. The insect vector is not known.
Description[edit]
This species was described by Telford in 1989.
Geographic occurrence[edit]
This species has been described in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
Clinical features and host pathology[edit]
The only known host is the lizard Anolis cupreus.
Note[edit]
Two subspecies were recognised Plasmodium fairchildi fairchildi and Plasmodium fairchildi hispaniolae but the latter has been elevated to species level as Plasmodium hispaniolae.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Falk BG, Luke Mahler D, Perkins SL (2011) Tree-based delimitation of morphologically ambiguous taxa: A study of the lizard malaria parasites on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Int J Parasitol
Further reading[edit]
Telford, S.R.; Johnson, R.N.; Young, D.G. (May 1989). "Additional Plasmodium species from Anolis lizards of Hispaniola and Panama". International Journal for Parasitology. 19 (3): 3–9. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(89)90138-0. PMID 2759768.
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