- Plasmodium cercopitheci
"Plasmodium cercopitheci" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium " subgenus "Vinckeia ".Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. cercopitheci" has both
vertebrate andinsect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite aremammal s.Taxobox
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regnum =Protista
phylum =Apicomplexa
classis =Aconoidasida
ordo =Haemosporida
familia =Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium "
species = "P. cercopitheci"
binomial = "Plasmodium cercopitheci"Description
The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.
Geographical occurrence
Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host for this species is the monkey "
Cercopithecis nictitans ".References
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