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Plasmodium egerniae

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Kingdom
  
Protista

Class
  
Aconoidasida

Family
  
Plasmodiidae

Scientific name
  
Plasmodium egerniae

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Phylum
  
Apicomplexa

Order
  
Haemosporida

Genus
  
Plasmodium

Rank
  
Species

Plasmodium egerniae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.

Contents

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

Description

The parasite was first described by Mackerras in 1961.

Both the schizonts and gametocytes of this species are large and nearly fill the host erythrocyte.

The schizonts measure 14 × 11 micrometres (µm).

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Queensland, Australia.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host of this species is the lizard Egernia major major.

References

Plasmodium egerniae Wikipedia