Plasmodium georgesi
| Plasmodium georgesi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. georgesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium georgesi Poirriez et al., 1993 | |
Plasmodium georgesi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. georgesi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Description
[edit]This species was first described by Poirriez et al. in 1993.[1]
The trophozoites have long crescent-shaped nuclei (surface area 2.18 +/- 0.25 square micrometres).
The pigment is stored as short rods.
Geographical occurrence
[edit]Plasmodium georgesi has been found in the Central African Republic.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]Plasmodium georgesi, Plasmodium petersi and Plasmodium gonderi are the only Plasmodium species found to date (2008) in Cercocebus monkeys.
Plasmodium georgesi infects Cercocebus albigena and Cercocebus galeritus agilis causing a remitting/relapsing form of malaria.
References
[edit]- ^ Poirriez, J.; Baccam, D.; Dei-Cas, E.; Brogan, T.; Landau, I. (1993). "Description de Plasmodium petersi n. sp. et Plasmodium georgesi n. sp., parasites d'un Cercocebus albigena originaire de République Centrafricaine". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 68 (5–6): 203–210. doi:10.1051/parasite/1993685203. ISSN 0003-4150.
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