Plasmodium azurophilum

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Plasmodium azurophilum is a species of the genus Plasmodium. Like all species in this genus it is a parasite of both vertebrates and insects. The vertebrate hosts are lizards of the genus Anolis.

Plasmodium azurophilum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. azurophilum
Binomial name
Plasmodium azurophilum

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[edit] Description

This species was described by Telford in 1975.

It is now recognised to be a species complex or polyphytic with one species infecting red blood cells and the other infecting white blood cells. [1].

[edit] Vectors

[edit] Host record

Anolis species known to be infected by this parasite include Anolis cristatellus, Anolis evermanni, Anolis gingivinus, Anolis gundlachi, Anolis krugi, Anolis oculatus, Anolis sabanus, Anolis stratulus and Anolis wattsi.

[edit] Geographic location

This parasite is found in the eastern Caribbean.

[edit] Clinical findings and host pathology

[edit] References

  1. ^ Perkins, S. L. (2001) Phylogeography of Caribbean lizard malaria: tracing the history of vector-borne parasites. J. Evol. Biol. 14 (1) 34-45
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