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]

References

  1. ↑ "Plasmodium girardi" (PDF). mcdinternational.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ↑ GARNHAM, P. C. C.; UILENBERG, G. (1975). "Malaria parasites of lemurs" (PDF). Annales de Parasitologie. 50 (4): 409–418. doi:10.1051/parasite/1975504409. PMID 813552.
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