''Plasmodium coulangesi'' is a parasite of the genus ''
Plasmodium'' subgenus ''
Vinckeia
''Vinckeia'' is a subgenus of the genus ''Plasmodium'' — all of which are parasitic alveolates. The subgenus ''Vinckeia'' was created by Cyril Garnham in 1964 to accommodate the mammalian parasites other than those infecting the primates.
Di ...
''. As in all ''Plasmodium'' species, ''P. coulangesi'' has both
vertebrate and
insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
s.
Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by Lepers ''et al.'' in 1989.
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Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host for this species is the
lemur ''
Lemur macaco macaco''.
References
coulangesi
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