Plasmodium_giganteum

<i>Plasmodium giganteum</i>

Plasmodium giganteum

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium giganteum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba. As in all Plasmodium species, P. giganteum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

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Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Theiler in 1930.

Description

P. giganteum blood-stage parasites are described as being 2 to 6 times as large as the host cell nucleus. The gametocytes are round and elongated.[1]

Distribution

P. giganteum has only been described in Gbanga, Liberia.[1]

Hosts

P. giganteum infects the rainbow lizard (Agama agama), as well as Agama mossambica and Agama cyanogaster.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Telford SR (2009). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. p. 14. ISBN 9781420080407.

Further reading

Schall, JJ; Bromwich, CR (April 1994). "Interspecific interactions tested: two species of malarial parasite in a West African lizard". Oecologia. 97 (3): 326–332. Bibcode:1994Oecol..97..326S. doi:10.1007/BF00317322. PMID 28313627. S2CID 9890242.


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