Plasmodium percygarnhami

Plasmodium percygarnhami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Protista
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemosporida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. percygarnhami
Binomial name
Plasmodium percygarnhami

Plasmodium percygarnhami is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. percygarnhami has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

The parasite was first described by Landau et al. in 1989.

The infected erythrocyte becomes deformed - holly leaf-shaped or sometimes sea-urchin-shaped - and may also become decolourized when parasitized by older stages.

The mature schizonts produce 20 merozoites.

This species is found in Madagascar.

The only known host is the lemur Lemur macaco macaco.

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