Plasmodium cercopitheci

Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

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

Description
The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.

Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.