Plasmodium joyeuxi

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

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

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

Description

The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1928.

Clinical features and host pathology

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

References


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