Plasmodium scorzai
| Plasmodium scorzai | |
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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. scorzai
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium scorzai Telford, 1978
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Plasmodium scorzai is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. scorzai has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Description[edit]
The parasite was first described by Telford in 1978.[1]
Geographical occurrence[edit]
This species is found in Venezuela.
Clinical features and host pathology[edit]
The only known host of this species is the gekko Phyllodactylus ventralis.
References[edit]
- ^ Telford Jr., Sam R. (1978). "The saurian malarias of Venezuela: Haemosporidian parasites of gekkonid lizards". International Journal for Parasitology. 8 (5): 341–353. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(78)90031-0.
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