Plasmodium semnopitheci

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

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

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

Description

The parasite was first described by Knowles in 1919.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host of this species is the monkey Semnopithecus entellus.

References


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