Plasmodium dominicana

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Plasmodium dominicana is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

The species is only known from a mosquito fossil in amber dating from the Tertiary era. The fossil was found in what is now the Dominican Republic.

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

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[edit] Description

The parasite was first described by Poinar in 2005.[1] It appears that it may have been a relation of Plasmodium juxtanucleare which would place it in the subgenus Bennettinia.


[edit] Geographical occurrence

Fossil found in the Dominican Republic.

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

The host seems likely to have been a member of the order Galliformes but this cannot be confirmed.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Poinar G Jr. (2005) Plasmodium dominicana n. sp. (Plasmodiidae: Haemospororida) from Tertiary Dominican amber. Syst. Parasitol. 61(1):47-52.
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