Plasmodium_fairchildi

<i>Plasmodium fairchildi</i>

Plasmodium fairchildi

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium fairchildi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

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Like all Plasmodium species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are reptiles. The insect vector is not known.

Description

This species was described by Telford in 1989.

Geographic occurrence

This species has been described in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host is the lizard Anolis cupreus.

Note

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

  1. [1]
    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

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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