- Plasmodium georgesi
"Plasmodium georgesi" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium " subgenus "Plasmodium ".Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. georgesi" has both
vertebrate andinsect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite aremammal s.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
trophozoite s 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.References
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