Plasmodium maculilabre is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
| Plasmodium maculilabre | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. maculilabre
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium maculilabre Schwetz, 1931
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Like all Plasmodium species P. maculilabre has both vertebrate and insect hosts. In particular, P. maculilabre infects Mabuya maculilabris in the Congo basin.[1]
Description
editThe parasite was first described by Schwetz in 1931.
Geographical occurrence
editThis species is found in Africa.
Clinical features and host pathology
editThe only known host is the skink Mabuia maculilabris.
References
edit- ^ Julius P. Kreier (2 December 2012). Parasitic Protozoa, Volume 7. Academic Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780323139038. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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