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Plasmodium chiricahuae

Species of single-celled organism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Plasmodium chiricahuae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Paraplasmodium.

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

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Description

The schizonts rarely exceed the size of the nucleus of the cell and produce 4-10 merozoites.

The gametocytes are large (3-6 times the size of the nucleus of an uninfected cell) and almost fill the erythrocyte.

Distribution

This species is found in the south-western United States and probably also in northern Mexico.

Hosts

This species infects spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus.

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