Plasmodium georgesi

Plasmodium georgesi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Plasmodium.

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

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

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Description

This species was first described by Piorriez et al. in 1993.[1]

The trophozoites have long crescent-shaped nuclei (surface area 2.18 +/- 0.25 square micrometres).

The pigment is stored as short rods.

Geographical occurrence

Plasmodium georgesi has been found in the Central African Republic.

Clinical features and host pathology

Plasmodium georgesi, Plasmodium petersi and Plasmodium gonderi are the only Plasmodium species found to date (2008) in Cercocebus monkeys.

P. georgesi infects Cercocebus albigena and Cercocebus galeritus agilis causing a remitting/relapsing form of malaria.

References

  1. ^ Piorriez J., Baccam D., Dei-Cas E., Brogan T., Landau I. (1993) Description of Plasmodium petersi n. sp. and Plasmodium georgesi n. sp., parasites of a Cercocebus albigena monkey in the Central African Republic. Annales de parasitologie humaine et comparée 68 (5-6) pp. 203-210