Plasmodium sasai
| Plasmodium sasai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. sasai
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium sasai Telford and Ball, 1969
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Plasmodium sasai is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. sasai has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Description[edit]
The parasite was first described by Telford and Ball in 1969 in the lacertid Takydromus tachydromoides.
Geographical occurrence[edit]
This species is found in Japan and Thailand.
Clinical features and host pathology[edit]
The vertebrate hosts for this species are lizards of the genus Takydromus. The insect vector is not yet known.
Infection of Takydromus tachydromoides is commonw with 90% adults infected. Infection occurs early in life with 80%+ infected within the first few weeks of hatching.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Telford, S.R. (1996). "Epizootiology of the Japanese saurian malaria parasite, Plasmodium sasai". J. Parasitol. 82 (2): 226–232. doi:10.2307/3284151. JSTOR 3284151.
Further reading[edit]
Telford Jr., S.R. (February 1982). "Interpopulation variation of a saurian malaria, Plasmodium sasai telford & ball, 1969, in three host species distributed within a range of 24° north latitude". International Journal for Parasitology. 12 (1): 17–22. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(82)90089-3.
Telford, Sam R. (March 1998). "The development and persistence of phanerozoites in experimental infections of Plasmodium sasai". International Journal for Parasitology. 28 (3): 475–84. doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00201-4. PMID 9559365.
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