- Plasmodium balli
"Plasmodium balli" is a
parasite of thegenus "Plasmodium ".Like all "Plasmodium"
species it hasvertebrate andinsect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are lizards: the insect vector is not yet known.Taxobox
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regnum =Protista
phylum =Apicomplexa
classis =Aconoidasida
ordo =Haemosporida
familia =Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium "
species = "P. balli"
binomial = "Plasmodium balli"Description
"Plasmodium balli" was first described in
1969 by Telford. Telford SR Jr. (1969) A new Saurian malarial parasite "Plasmodium balli" from Panama. J. Protozool. 16(3):431-437 ]Geographic occurrence
This parasite is found in the
Caribbean andCentral America .Clinical features and host pathology
Host record:
Anolis lizard s - "Anolis limifrons ", "Anolis lionotus " and "Anolis poecilopus References
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