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Plasmodium attenuatum
Species of single-celled organism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Plasmodium attenuatum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Carinamoeba.[1]
Like all Plasmodium species P. attenuatum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
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Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by Telford in 1973.
Distribution
This species is found in Venezuela.
Hosts
This species infects the lizard Ameiva ameiva.
References
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