Plasmodium wenyoni

Plasmodium wenyoni

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

Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. wenyoni" has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

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

Description

The parasite was first described by Garnham in 1965. Garnham P.C. (1965) "Plasmodium wenyoni" sp. nov., a malaria parasite of a Brazilian snake. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 59:277-279] The original host was a "Thamnodynastes pallidus" that died in a London zoo in 1934.

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Brazil, South America.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known hosts of this species are snakes.

The insect vectors for this species are mosquitoes of the genus "Culex".

Fever in the infected snake is irregular.

References


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