Plasmodium schwetzi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. schwetzi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
| Plasmodium schwetzi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. schwetzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium schwetzi Reichenow, 1920 |
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P. schwetzi was first described by Reichenow in 1920 in blood apes in Cameroon.[1]
The parasite resembles both Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale.
This species is found in Cameroon.
This species may occasionally infect man.[2]
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