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