Plasmodium lionatum n. sp. parasitizes the flying gecko, Ptychozoon lionatum, in southern Thailand. Schizonts were smaller than the host cell nucleus and produced 4 to 6 merozoites that were often ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

Very often, mosquitos, which act as vectors, infect birds with protozoans of the genus Plasmodium with their bites. This makes birds into vertebrate hosts of these parasites. In the case of this study ...