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Plasmodium sandoshami

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Plasmodium sandoshami
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. sandoshami
Binomial name
Plasmodium sandoshami
Dunn et al., 1963

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

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Dunn et al. in 1963.[1]

This species was named after A. A. Sandosham, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine in Singapore, University of Malaya.

Distribution

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This species is found in Malaysia.

Hosts

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The only known host is the Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus).

References

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  1. ^ Dunn, F. L.; Eyles, Don E.; Yap, L. F. (1963). "Plasmodium sandoshami sp. nov., a new species of malaria parasite from the Malayan flying lemur". Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 57 (1): 75–81. doi:10.1080/00034983.1963.11686164.