Plasmodium cercopitheci

Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. cercopitheci has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Plasmodium cercopitheci
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. cercopitheci
Binomial name
Plasmodium cercopitheci

Description

The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.

Clinical features and host pathology

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

References


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