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<i>Plasmodium cercopitheci</i>

Plasmodium cercopitheci

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Vinckeia) which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.

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Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.[1]

Hosts

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Coatney, G. Robert; Roudabush, Robert L. (1936). "A Catalog and Host-Index of the Genus Plasmodium". The Journal of Parasitology. 22 (4): 338. doi:10.2307/3271859. JSTOR 3271859.
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