Plasmodium cnemaspi
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Plasmodium cnemaspi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. cnemaspi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
Description
The parasite was first described by Telford in 1984.[1]
Geographical occurrence
This species is found in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.
Clinical features and host pathology
This species infects the lizard Cnemaspis africana.
References
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- ↑ Telford, Jr S.R. (1984) Studies on African saurian malarias: Three Plasmodium species from gekkonid hosts J. Parasitol. 70 (3) 343-354
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