See text Laverania is a subgenus of the parasite genus Plasmodium.

The first non-human primate parasites were described by Eduard Reichenow in Cameroon in 1920.

He observed three morphologically distinct Plasmodium parasites in the blood of chimpanzees and gorillas in 1917.

[citation needed] The noticeable differences between P. falciparum and the other known Plasmodium species led to the proposal that it be placed in a separate genus Laverania.

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