Paraplasma

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Group: Eukaryota incertae sedis
Genus: Paraplasma

Species: P. flavigenum

Name

Paraplasma Seidelin, 1911

• Type species: Paraplasma flavigenum Seidelin, 1911

• Small granular bodies in the blood. Seidlin's view of the parasitic origin of yellow fever was finally refuted in 1914 by Wenyon and Low.
• Status:   unresolved  

References

• Seidelin, H. 1911. The etiology of yellow fever. Yellow Fever Bureau Bulletin, vol. I, p. 229—260, 1 pl., [1]. [Paraplasma n. g. flavigenum n. sp.]
• Seidelin, H. 1912. Report of yellow fever expedition to Yucatán, 1911-1912. Yellow Fever Bureau Bulletin, October 1912, vol. II, No. 2, pp. 123-242, [2].