Plasmodium balli

Plasmodium balli is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are lizards: the insect vector is not yet known.

Description
Plasmodium balli was first described in 1969 by Telford.

Geographic occurrence
This parasite is found in the Caribbean and Central America.

Clinical features and host pathology
Host record:

Anolis lizards - Anolis limifrons, Anolis lionotus and ''Anolis poecilopus