Plasmodium floridense

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Plasmodium floridense is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertaemoba.

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

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

Contents 1 Description 2 Geographical occurrence 3 Clinical features and host pathology 4 References

[edit] Description

This species was described by Thompson and Huff in 1944.

Schizonts are 1.5 -2.0 times the size of the nucleus of an uninfected erythrocyte. They produce 8-24 merozoites.

The gametocytes are of a similar size.

[edit] Geographical occurrence

This organism is found in an area stretching continuously from the southern United States to Panama. It is also found in the Caribbean.

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

It infects lizards of the genera Anolis (including Anolis sagrei^[1] and Sceloporus.

[edit] References