Plasmodium caprae
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Plasmodium caprae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. caprae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
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[edit] Description
The parasite was first described by de Mello and Paes in 1923.
It was originally classified as Laverania caprae. Laverania is now recognised as a subgenus of Plasmodium and the correct current designation is Plasmodium caprae.
[edit] Geographical occurrence
This species was described in Angola, Africa.
[edit] Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host is the domestic goat (Capra hircus)
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