Plasmodium brumpti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. brumpti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
| Plasmodium brumpti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. brumpti |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium brumpti |
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This species was described by Peláez and Perez-Reyes in 1952.
It was named after Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877-1951) a French professor of parasitology.
The schizonts may be lateral (elongated) or polar (more rounded) in the erythrocyte and produce 15-20 merozoites.
The gametocytes may be lateral (elongated) or polar (spherical to reniform).
The larger schizonts and mature gametocytes cause enlargement of the erythrocyte.