Plasmodium fairchildi

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium fairchildi

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

P. fairchildi

Binomial name
Plasmodium fairchildi

Telford, 1989

Plasmodium fairchildi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are reptiles. The insect vector is not known.

## Description

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This species was described by Telford in 1989.

## Geographic occurrence

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This species has been described in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

## Clinical features and host pathology

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The only known host is the lizard Anolis cupreus.

## Note

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Two subspecies were recognised Plasmodium fairchildi fairchildi and Plasmodium fairchildi hispaniolae but the latter has been elevated to species level as Plasmodium hispaniolae.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Falk BG, Luke Mahler D, Perkins SL (2011) Tree-based delimitation of morphologically ambiguous taxa: A study of the lizard malaria parasites on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Int J Parasitol

## Further reading

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Telford, S.R.; Johnson, R.N.; Young, D.G. (May 1989). "Additional Plasmodium species from Anolis lizards of Hispaniola and Panama". International Journal for Parasitology. 19 (3): 3–9\. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(89)90138-0. PMID 2759768.

Taxon identifiers

Plasmodium fairchildi|

* Wikidata: Q7201880
* EoL: 10592787
* NCBI: 195940
* Open Tree of Life: 176488

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