Plasmodium semnopitheci

Plasmodium semnopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium and subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. semnopitheci has both vertebrate and insect hosts. P. semnopitheci was isolated from a monkey.[1]

Plasmodium semnopitheci
Scientific classification
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. semnopitheci
Binomial name
Plasmodium semnopitheci
Knowles, 1919

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Knowles in 1919.

Hosts

The only known host of this species is the northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus).

References

  1. C. C. Bass (1921). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volumes 1-2. Williams and Wilkins. p. 108. Retrieved 15 December 2016.


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