- Plasmodium tomodoni
"Plasmodium tomodoni" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium ".Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. tomodoni" 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. tomodoni"
binomial = "Plasmodium tomodoni"Description
The parasite was first described by Pessoa and Fleury in
1968 . Pessoa S.B. and Fleury G.C. (1968) "Plasmodium tomodoni" sp. n. parasita da serpente "Tomodon dorsatus" D & B. Rev. Brasil Biol. 28: 525-530]Geographical occurrence
This species is found in
Brazil ,South America .Clinical features and host pathology
This species infects snakes. The other two species infecting snakes are "
Plasmodium pessoai " and "Plasmodium wenyoni ".The original host this species was described from was a "
Tomodon dorsatus " from Brazil.References
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