Laverania

(la'vĕr-ā'nē-ă),

Old generic name for malaria-causing and other hematozoan protozoa. Laverania falciparum is a distinctive generic name for Plasmodium falciparum, and is preferred by some who believe that crescentic gametocytes should be the basis for classifying the causal agent of falciparum malaria in a separate genus. See: Plasmodium, Haemoproteus.

[C. Laveran, Fr. protozoologist and Nobel laureate, 1845-1922]

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Laverania

An obsolete genus of protozoa which included Plasmodia spp; now a subgenus.

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Plasmodium falciparum

References in periodicals archive

African apes as reservoirs of Plasmodium falciparum and the origin and diversification of the Laverania subgenus.

Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic

With one exception, the parasitic species were all very closely related, belonging to the subgenus Laverania, and were highly host-specific.

Human malarial parasite came from gorillas, not chimps

African apes as a reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum and the origin and diversification of Laverania subgenus.

Detection of Plasmodium spp. in human feces

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