Plasmodium azurophilum

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

Plasmodium azurophilum is a species of the genus Plasmodium. Like all species in this genus it is a parasite of both vertebrates and insects. The vertebrate hosts are anole lizards.

Description

This species was described by Telford in 1975.[1]

It has been suggested that P. azurophilum represents more than one species with one species infecting red blood cells and the other infecting white blood cells.[2]

Hosts

P. azurophilum has been described in many species of Anolis. Species known to be infected are Anolis cristatellus, Anolis evermanni, Anolis gingivinus, Anolis gundlachi,[3] Anolis krugi, Anolis oculatus, Anolis roquet,[4] Anolis sabanus, and Anolis stratulus.[1]

Median parasitaemia rates in infections tend to be low (<0.5%).[3]

Geographic location

This parasite is found in the eastern Caribbean.[1]

gollark: No, you consume it too sometimes.

gollark: Yes, I probably wouldn't trust any complicated computer stuff with much brain access, realistically.

gollark: Why not connect your brain to <@160279332454006795>'s heavdrone™s?

gollark: oh no.

gollark: Anyway, you might as well just connect a low-power ARM SoC to your brain since it's probably fast enough and you can offload stuff to other processors if you need more.

References

Telford SR, ed. (2016). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. p. 20. ISBN 9781420080414. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
Perkins, SL (2001). "Phylogeography of Caribbean lizard malaria: tracing the history of vector-borne parasites". J. Evol. Biol. 14 (1): 34–45. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00261.x.
Schall, JJ; Pearson, AR; Perkins, SL (2000). "Prevalence of malaria parasites (Plasmodium floridense and Plasmodium azurophilum) infecting a Puerto Rican lizard (Anolis gundlachi): a nine-year study". J. Parasitol. 86 (3): 511–515. doi:10.2307/3284865.
Ayala, SC; Hertz, PE (1981). "Malaria infection in Anolis lizards on Martinique, Lesser Antilles". Rev. Inst. Med.Trop. Sao Paulo. 23: 12–17.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Telford-1] Telford SR, ed. (2016). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. p. 20. ISBN 9781420080414. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

[Perkins2001-2] Perkins, SL (2001). "Phylogeography of Caribbean lizard malaria: tracing the history of vector-borne parasites". J. Evol. Biol. 14 (1): 34–45. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00261.x.

[Schall2000-3] Schall, JJ; Pearson, AR; Perkins, SL (2000). "Prevalence of malaria parasites (Plasmodium floridense and Plasmodium azurophilum) infecting a Puerto Rican lizard (Anolis gundlachi): a nine-year study". J. Parasitol. 86 (3): 511–515. doi:10.2307/3284865.

[Ayala1981-4] Ayala, SC; Hertz, PE (1981). "Malaria infection in Anolis lizards on Martinique, Lesser Antilles". Rev. Inst. Med.Trop. Sao Paulo. 23: 12–17.