Plasmodium youngi
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Plasmodium youngi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. youngi 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 Eyles et al in 1964. [1]
[edit] Geographical occurrence
[edit] Clinical features and host pathology
This organism infects the Malayan gibbon (Hylobates lar lar)
[edit] References
- ^ Eyles D.E., Fong Y.L, Dunn F.L., Guinn E., Warren M., Sandosham A.A. (1964) Plasmodium youngi n. sp., a malaria parsite of the Mayalan gibbon, Hylobates lar lar. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 13:248-255.
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