Plasmodium girardi

Lemur parasite causing malaria

Plasmodium girardi

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

P. girardi

Binomial name
Plasmodium girardi

Buck, Coudurier and Quesnel, 1952

Plasmodium girardi is a malaria parasite affecting lemurs. It was described in Madagascar in 1951 in Eulemur rufus, the red-fronted lemur. It is named after Georges Girard, head of the Institut Pasteur in Antananarivo.[1] It is one of four Plasmodium species described in lemurs before 1975; others were Plasmodium foleyi and Plasmodium lemuris.[2]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Plasmodium girardi" (PDF). mcdinternational.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
2. ^ GARNHAM, P. C. C.; UILENBERG, G. (1975). "Malaria parasites of lemurs" (PDF). Annales de Parasitologie. 50 (4): 409–418\. doi:10.1051/parasite/1975504409. PMID 813552.