Plasmodium foleyi
Plasmodium foleyi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. foleyi |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium foleyi Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel, 1952 |
Plasmodium foleyi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. foleyi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Description
[edit]This species was described by Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel in 1952. Its description was amended by Garnham and Uilenbe.
It was discovered in a splenectomised Lemur fulvus rufus in 1951 and it is named after Dr. H. Foley of the Pasteur Institute of Algeria.
The infected erythrocyte becomes enlarged.
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in Madagascar.
Hosts
[edit]The only known host is the lemur Lemur fulvus rufus.
References
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