- Plasmodium sandoshami
"Plasmodium achiotense" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium " subgenusVinckeia .Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. sandoshami" 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. sandoshami"
binomial = "Plasmodium sandoshami"Description
The parasite was first described by Dunn "et al" in
1963 . Dunn, F. L., Eyles, D. E., and Yap, L. F. (1963) "Plasmodium sandoshami" specie nov., a new species of malaria parasite from the Malayan flying lemur. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 57: 75-81 ]This species was named after Dr. A. A. Sandosham, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine in
Singapore ,University of Malaya Geographical occurrence
This species is found in Malaya.
Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host is the Sunda Flying Lemur ("
Galeopterus variegatus ").References
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