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Plasmodium azurophilum

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Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium azurophilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. azurophilum
Binomial name
Plasmodium azurophilum
Telford, 1975

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 anole lizards.

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

Plasmodium azurophilum has been described in many species of Anolis. Species known to be infected are 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

  1. ^ Telford SR, ed. (2016). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. p. 20. ISBN 9781420080414. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. Perkins, SL (2001). "Phylogeography of Caribbean lizard malaria: tracing the history of vector-borne parasites". J. Evol. Biol. 14 (1): 34–45. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00261.x. PMID 29280571.
  3. ^ Schall, JJ; Pearson, AR; Perkins, SL (2000). "Prevalence of malaria parasites (Plasmodium floridense and Plasmodium azurophilum) infecting a Puerto Rican lizard (Anolis gundlachi): a nine-year study". J. Parasitol. 86 (3): 511–515. doi:10.2307/3284865. JSTOR 3284865. PMID 10864248.
  4. Ayala, SC; Hertz, PE (1981). "Malaria infection in Anolis lizards on Martinique, Lesser Antilles". Rev. Inst. Med.Trop. Sao Paulo. 23 (1): 12–17. PMID 7280471.
Taxon identifiers
Plasmodium azurophilum


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