Plasmodium circularis

Plasmodium circularis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.

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

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

Description

The parasite was first described by Telford and Stein in 2000.[1]

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Australia and infects the Australian skink Egernia stokesii.

Clinical features and host pathology

The immature schizonts encircle the host cell nuclei and form an unbroken ring from apparent fusion of the attenuated ends.

Mature schizonts contract into halteridial or dumb bell-shaped forms 15.6 X 4.3 micrometres (length x width 66.2 µm^2) with 19-52 nuclei.

Rounded or oval gametocytes are 9.0 x 7.3 µm. Length x width is 66.9 µm^2 and length divided by width is 1.24.

The gametocyte length x width is 2.63 times the host erythrocyte nucleus size and 1.79 the uninfected erythrocyte nucleus.

References

  1. Telford J.R. and Stein J. "Two malaria parasites (Apicomplexa : Plasmodiidae) of the Australian skink Egernia stokesii". Journal of Parasitology 86 (2): 395–406. doi:10.2307/3284786.


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