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Plasmodium azurophilum

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Kingdom
  
Protista

Order
  
Haemosporida

Genus
  
Plasmodium

Higher classification
  
Malaria parasite

Phylum
  
Apicomplexa

Family
  
Plasmodiidae

Scientific name
  
Plasmodium azurophilum

Rank
  
Species

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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 lizards of the genus Anolis.

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Description

This species was described by Telford in 1975.

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.

Hosts

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

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

Geographic location

This parasite is found in the eastern Caribbean.

References

Plasmodium azurophilum Wikipedia