Plasmodium michikoa

Short description: Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium michikoa

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Clade:  | Diaphoretickes
Clade:  | SAR
Clade:  | Alveolata
Phylum:  | Apicomplexa
Class:  | Aconoidasida
Order:  | Haemospororida
Family:  | Plasmodiidae
Genus:  | Plasmodium
Species:  |

P. michikoa

Binomial name
Plasmodium michikoa

Telford, 1988

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

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Geographical occurrence
* 3 Clinical features and host pathology
* 4 References
* 5 Further reading

## Description

The parasite was first described by Telford in 1988.[1]

## Geographical occurrence

This species was described in Tanzania.

## Clinical features and host pathology

The only known hosts are chameleons (Chamaeleo species)

## References

1. ↑ Telford SR Jr. (1988) Studies on African saurian malarias: five Plasmodium species from chamaeleons of the Uzungwe Mountains, Tanzania. Int. J. Parasitol. 18(2):197-219

## Further reading

* Klaver, Charles; Böhme, Wolfgang (August 1990). "Clarification of the taxonomic status of a host of two new Plasmodium species". International Journal for Parasitology 20 (5): 693. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(90)90131-6.

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