Plasmodium coulangesi
| Plasmodium coulangesi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. coulangesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium coulangesi Lepers et al.,1989
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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[]
The parasite was first described by Lepers et al. in 1989.[1]
Clinical features and host pathology[]
The only known host for this species is the lemur .
The shape, size and colour of the host erythrocyte are unaltered by the presence of the parasite.
The mature schizonts produce 6 schizonts.
The malarial pigment lies apart from the parasitic mass and is connected to it by only a wisp of cytoplasm.
References[]
- ^ 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.
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