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Plasmodium cercopitheci

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Protista

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Plasmodium cercopitheci

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Haemosporida

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Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Vinckeia) which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.

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Description

The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.

References

Plasmodium cercopitheci Wikipedia


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