Plasmodium girardi explained

Plasmodium girardi is a malaria parasite affecting lemurs. It was described in Madagascar in 1951 in Eulemur rufus, the red-fronted lemur. It is named after Georges Girard, head of the Institut Pasteur in Antananarivo.[1] It is one of four Plasmodium species described in lemurs before 1975; others were Plasmodium foleyi and Plasmodium lemuris.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plasmodium girardi . mcdinternational.org . 9 August 2020.
  2. GARNHAM . P. C. C. . UILENBERG . G. . Malaria parasites of lemurs . Annales de Parasitologie . 1975 . 50 . 4 . 409–418 . 10.1051/parasite/1975504409 . 813552 . free .