Plasmodium coulangesi

Plasmodium coulangesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. coulangesi
Binomial name
Plasmodium coulangesi Lepers et al.,1989

Plasmodium coulangesi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. coulangesi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Lepers et al. in 1989.[1]

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host for this species is the lemur Lemur macaco macaco.

References

1. Lepers, J.-P.; Rabetafika, L.; Landau, I.; Peters, W. (1989). "Une nouvelle espèce Plasmodiale chez un lémurien : Plasmodium coulangesi n. sp". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 64 (3): 163–170. doi:10.1051/parasite/1989643163. ISSN 0003-4150. PMID 2764451.