Plasmodium cercopitheci
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Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. cercopitheci has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
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[edit] Description
The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.
[edit] Geographical occurrence
[edit] Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.
[edit] References
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