Plasmodium wenyoni

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium wenyoni

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

P. wenyoni

Binomial name
Plasmodium wenyoni

Garnham, 1965

Plasmodium wenyoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. As in all Plasmodium species, P. wenyoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

## Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Garnham in 1965.[1] The original host was a Thamnodynastes pallidus that died in a London zoo in 1934.

## Distribution

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This species is found in Brazil.

## Hosts

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The only known hosts of this species are snakes.

The insect vectors for this species are mosquitoes of the genus Culex.

Fever in the infected snake is irregular.

## References

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1. ^ Garnham P.C. (1965) Plasmodium wenyoni sp. nov., a malaria parasite of a Brazilian snake. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 59:277-279

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