Plasmodium cyclopsi explained

Plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

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

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Landau and Chabaud in 1978.^[1]

Distribution

This species was described in Gabon.

Hosts

The only known host species for this parasite is the cyclops roundleaf bat (Hipposideros cyclops).

Notes and References

1. Landau. I.. Chabaud. A.-G.. Description de Plasmodium cyclopsi n. sp. parasite du Microchiroptère Hipposideros cyclops à Makokou (Gabon). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 53. 3. 1978. 247–253. 10.1051/parasite/1978533247. 697287. free.