Plasmodium michikoa
| Plasmodium michikoa | |
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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. michikoa
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium michikoa Telford, 1988
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Plasmodium michikoa is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. michikoa has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Description[edit]
The parasite was first described by Telford in 1988.[1]
Geographical occurrence[edit]
This species was described in Tanzania.
Clinical features and host pathology[edit]
The only known hosts are chameleons (Chamaeleo species)
References[edit]
- ^ Telford SR Jr. (1988) Studies on African saurian malarias: five Plasmodium species from chamaeleons of the Uzungwe Mountains, Tanzania. Int. J. Parasitol. 18(2):197-219
Further reading[edit]
- Klaver, Charles; Böhme, Wolfgang (August 1990). "Clarification of the taxonomic status of a host of two new Plasmodium species". International Journal for Parasitology. 20 (5): 693. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(90)90131-6.
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