Plasmodium_intabazwe

<i>Plasmodium intabazwe</i>

Plasmodium intabazwe

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium intabazwe is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba.

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As in all Plasmodium species, P. intabazwe has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Taxonomy

This parasite was first described by van As et al in 2016.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in Africa and nearby islands.

Hosts

This parasite infects the common crag lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus).

References

  1. [1]
    van As J, Cook CA, Netherlands EC, Smit NJ (2016) A new lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium intabazwe n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) in the Afromontane Pseudocordylus melanotus (Sauria: Cordylidae) with a review of African saurian malaria parasites. Parasit Vectors 9(1):437


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