Plasmodium foleyi
| Plasmodium foleyi | |
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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. foleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium foleyi Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel, 1952
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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[edit]
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[edit]
This species is found in Madagascar.
Hosts[edit]
The only known host is the lemur Lemur fulvus rufus.
References[edit]
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