Plasmodium coulangesi

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

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

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

Description

The parasite was first described by Lepers et al. in 1989.[1]

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host for this species is the lemur Lemur macaco macaco.

The shape, size and colour of the host erythrocyte are unaltered by the presence of the parasite.

The mature schizonts produce 6 schizonts.

The malarial pigment lies apart from the parasitic mass and is connected to it by only a wisp of cytoplasm.

References

  1. Lepers J.P., Rabetafika L., Landau I., and Peters W. (1989) A new Plasmodium species from a lemur: Plasmodium coulangesi n. sp. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 64(3):163-170.


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