Plasmodium foleyi

"Plasmodium foleyi" is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium" subgenus "Vinckeia".

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

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

Description

This species was described by Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel in 1952. Its description was emmended by Garnham and Uilenbe.

It was discovered in a spenectomised "Lemur fulvus rufus" in 1951 and it is named after Dr. H. Foley of the Pasteur Institute of Algeria.

The infected erythrocyte becomes enlarged.

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Madagascar.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host is the lemur "Lemur fulvus rufus".

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