- Plasmodium sasai
"Plasmodium sasai" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium " subgenus "Sauramoeba ".Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. sasai" has both
vertebrate andinsect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite arereptile s.Taxobox
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regnum =Protista
phylum =Apicomplexa
classis =Aconoidasida
ordo =Haemosporida
familia =Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium "
species = "P. sasai"
binomial = "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 andThailand .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. Telford S.R. (1996) Epizootiology of the Japanese saurian malaria parasite, "Plasmodium sasai". J. Parasitol. 82, (2) 226-232]
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