Plasmodium mexicanum

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Plasmodium mexicanum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species P. mexicanum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

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

Contents

[edit] Description

The parasite was first described by Thompson and Huff in 1944. [1]

[edit] Geographical occurrence

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

[edit] References

  1. ^ Thompson P.E. and Huff C.G. (1944) Saurian malaria parasites of the United States and Mexico. J. Inf. Dis. 74:68–79.
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