Plasmodium coulangesi
Plasmodium coulangesi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. coulangesi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
| Plasmodium coulangesi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. coulangesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium coulangesi Lepers et al.,1989 | |
Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by Lepers et al. in 1989.[1]
Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host for this species is the lemur Lemur macaco macaco.
References
- Lepers, J.-P.; Rabetafika, L.; Landau, I.; Peters, W. (1989). "Une nouvelle espèce Plasmodiale chez un lémurien : Plasmodium coulangesi n. sp". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 64 (3): 163–170. doi:10.1051/parasite/1989643163. ISSN 0003-4150. PMID 2764451.
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