"Plasmodium georgesi" is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium" subgenus "Plasmodium".
Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. georgesi" has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxobox
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name = "Plasmodium georgesi"
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regnum = Protista
phylum = Apicomplexa
classis = Aconoidasida
ordo = Haemosporida
familia = Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium"
species = "P. georgesi"
binomial = "Plasmodium georgesi"
Description
This species was first described by Piorriez "et al" in 1993.[ Piorriez J., Baccam D., Dei-Cas E., Brogan T., Landau I. (1993) Description of "Plasmodium petersi" n. sp. and "Plasmodium georgesi" n. sp., parasites of a "Cercocebus albigena" monkey in the Central African Republic. Annales de parasitologie humaine et comparée 68 (5-6) pp. 203-210 ] ]The trophozoites have long crescent-shaped nuclei (surface area 2.18 +/- 0.25 square microns).
The pigment is stored as short rods.
Geographical occurrence
"Plasmodium georgesi" has been found in the Central African Republic.
Clinical features and host pathology
"Plasmodium georgesi", "Plasmodium petersi" and "Plasmodium gonderi" are the only "Plasmodium" species found to date (2008) in "Cercocebus" monkeys.
P. georgesi infects "Cercocebus albigena" and "Cercocebus galeritus agilis" causing a remitting/relapsing form of malaria.
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