Plasmodium cyclopsi
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Plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. cyclopsi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
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[edit] Description
The parasite was first described by Landau and Chabaud in 1978. [1]
[edit] Geographical occurrence
This species was described in Gabon, Africa.
[edit] Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host species for this parasite is the bat Hipposideros cyclops.
[edit] References
- ^ Landau I, and Chabaud AG. (1978) Description of P. cyclopsi n. sp. a parasite of the microchiropteran bat Hipposideros cyclops in Gabon. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 53(3):247-253
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