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 edit
The parasite was first described by Schwetz in 1931.
Geographical occurrence edit
This species is found in Africa.
Clinical features and host pathology edit
The 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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