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Plasmodium coulangesi

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Plasmodium coulangesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. coulangesi
Binomial name
Plasmodium coulangesi
Lepers et al.,1989

Plasmodium coulangesi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. coulangesi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Lepers et al. in 1989.[1]

Clinical features and host pathology

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The only known host for this species is the lemur Lemur macaco macaco.

References

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  1. ^ Lepers, J.-P.; Rabetafika, L.; Landau, I.; Peters, W. (1989). "Une nouvelle espèce Plasmodiale chez un lémurien : Plasmodium coulangesi n. sp". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 64 (3): 163–170. doi:10.1051/parasite/1989643163. ISSN 0003-4150. PMID 2764451. Open access icon