Plasmodium sasai

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

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

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

Description

The parasite was first described by Telford and Ball in 1969 in the lacertid Takydromus tachydromoides.

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Japan and Thailand.

Clinical features and host pathology

The vertebrate hosts for this species are lizards of the genus Takydromus. The insect vector is not yet known.

Infection of Takydromus tachydromoides is commonw with 90% adults infected. Infection occurs early in life with 80%+ infected within the first few weeks of hatching.[1]

References

  1. Telford S.R. (1996) Epizootiology of the Japanese saurian malaria parasite, Plasmodium sasai. J. Parasitol. 82, (2) 226-232

Further reading

Telford Jr., S.R. (February 1982). "Interpopulation variation of a saurian malaria, Plasmodium sasai telford & ball, 1969, in three host species distributed within a range of 24° north latitude". International Journal for Parasitology 12 (1): 17–22. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(82)90089-3. Retrieved 5 February 2015. 

Telford, Sam R. (March 1998). "The development and persistence of phanerozoites in experimental infections of Plasmodium sasai". International Journal for Parasitology 28 (3): 484-475. doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00201-4. PMID 9559365. 


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