Plasmodium_sandoshami

<i>Plasmodium sandoshami</i>

Plasmodium sandoshami

Species of single-celled organism

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

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Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Dunn et al. in 1963.[1]

This species was named after A. A. Sandosham, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine in Singapore, University of Malaya.

Distribution

This species is found in Malaysia.

Hosts

The only known host is the Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus).

References

  1. [1]
    Dunn, F. L.; Eyles, Don E.; Yap, L. F. (1963). "Plasmodium sandoshami sp. nov., a new species of malaria parasite from the Malayan flying lemur". Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 57 (1): 75–81. doi:10.1080/00034983.1963.11686164.


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