Plasmodium pulmophilium
Plasmodium pulmophilium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. pulmophilium |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium pulmophilium Killick-Kendrick, 1973 |
Plasmodium pulmophilium is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. Like all Plasmodium species, P. pulmophilium has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Description
[edit]Plasmodium pulmophilium was described from the blood of flying squirrels in the Ivory Coast.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Plasmodium pulmophilium has only been described in the Ivory Coast.[1]
Hosts
[edit]Plasmodium pulmophilium has only been described from the blood of Anomalurus peli. It is not known if it causes disease in this host.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Killick-Kendrick R (1973). "Parasitic protozoa of the blood of rodents. III. Two new malaria parasites of Anomalurine flying squirrels of the Ivory Coast". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 48 (5): 639–651. doi:10.1051/parasite/1973485639. PMID 4364557. Retrieved 10 December 2016.