Plasmodium cyclopsi

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Plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

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

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

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Description

The parasite was first described by Landau and Chabaud in 1978. [1]

Geographical occurrence

This species was described in Gabon, Africa.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host species for this parasite is the bat Hipposideros cyclops.

References

  1. ^ Landau I, and Chabaud AG. (1978) Description of P. cyclopsi n. sp. a parasite of the microchiropteran bat Hipposideros cyclops in Gabon. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 53(3):247-253
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