- Plasmodium youngi
"Plasmodium youngi" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium " subgenus "Plasmodium ".Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. youngi" 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. youngi"
binomial = "Plasmodium youngi"Description
The parasite was first described by Eyles "et al" in
1964 . Eyles D.E., Fong Y.L, Dunn F.L., Guinn E., Warren M., Sandosham A.A. (1964) "Plasmodium youngi" n. sp., a malaria parasite of the Mayalan gibbon, Hylobates lar lar. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 13:248-255. ]Geographical occurrence
Clinical features and host pathology
This organism infects the Malayan gibbon ("Hylobates lar lar")
References
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