
Plasmodium girardi

Plasmodium girardi is a malaria parasite affecting lemurs. It was described in Madagascar in 1951 in "Eulemur rufus", the red-fronted lemur. It is named after Georges Girard, head of the Institut Pasteur in Antananarivo. It is one of four "Plasmodium" species described in lemurs before 1975; others were "Plasmodium foleyi" and "Plasmodium lemuris".