Plasmodium schwetzi

Plasmodium schwetzi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Plasmodium.

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

Description
P. schwetzi was first described by Reichenow in 1920 in blood apes in Cameroon.

The parasite resembles both Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale.

Geographical occurrence
This species is found in Cameroon.

Clinical features and host pathology
This species may occasionally infect man.

Vectors

 * Anopheles balabacensis balabacensis