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
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Kingdom: Chromista
Subkingdom: Harosa
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.

The shape, size and colour of the host erythrocyte are unaltered by the presence of the parasite.

The mature schizonts produce 6 schizonts.

The malarial pigment lies apart from the parasitic mass and is connected to it by only a wisp of cytoplasm.

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References

  1. 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.


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