Plasmodium semnopitheci
| Plasmodium semnopitheci | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. semnopitheci |
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Plasmodium semnopitheci |
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Plasmodium semnopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium and subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. semnopitheci has both vertebrate and insect hosts. P. semnopitheci was isolated from a monkey.
The parasite was first described by Knowles in 1919.
The only known host of this species is the monkey Semnopithecus entellus.
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