Plasmodium fairchildi

Plasmodium fairchildi is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium".

Like all "Plasmodium" species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are reptiles. The insect vector is not known.

Taxobox
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name = "Plasmodium fairchildi"
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regnum = Protista
phylum = Apicomplexa
classis = Aconoidasida
ordo = Haemosporida
familia = Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium"
species = "P. fairchildi"
binomial = "Plasmodium fairchildi"

Description

This species was described by Telford in 1989.

Geographic occurrence

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host is the lizard "Anolis cupreus".

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