Plasmodium pelaezi

Plasmodium pelaezi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.

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

Plasmodium pelaezi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. pelaezi
Binomial name
Plasmodium pelaezi

Description

This species was first described by Malagón and Salmeron in 1988.[1]

Schizonts are mostly round with a single mass of pigment and render the host cell nuclei spherical.

There are 16 merozoites in mature schizonts.

The gametocytes are round and oval and cause shrinkage of infected cells.

Geographical occurrence

This species was described in lizards found at Chila de la Sal, Puebla, México.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host is the iguanid lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus.

References

  1. ↑ Malagón F. and Salmeron M. (1988) Plasmodium (Sauramoeba) pelaezi n. sp., a malaria parasite of the mexican iguanid lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus (Dumeril, 1856) (Sauria: Iguanidae) System. Parasitol. 141-148


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