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Plasmodium cyclopsi

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Kingdom
  
Protista

Class
  
Aconoidasida

Family
  
Plasmodiidae

Scientific name
  
Plasmodium cyclopsi

Phylum
  
Apicomplexa

Order
  
Haemosporida

Genus
  
Plasmodium

Rank
  
Species

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Plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Contents

Like all Plasmodium species P. cyclopsi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Description

The parasite was first described by Landau and Chabaud in 1978.

Geographical occurrence

This species was described in Gabon, Africa.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host species for this parasite is the cyclops roundleaf bat (Hipposideros cyclops).

References

Plasmodium cyclopsi Wikipedia