Plasmodium joyeuxiPlasmodium joyeuxi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in Plasmodium species, P. joyeuxi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.TaxonomyThe parasite was first described by Ledger in 1928.HostsThe only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis callitricus.