Plasmodium parahexamerium

Plasmodium parahexamerium is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.

Like all Plasmodium species P. parahexamerium has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Plasmodium parahexamerium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. parahexamerium
Binomial name
Plasmodium parahexamerium

Description

The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2009.[1]

Geographical occurrence

This parasite is found in West Africa.

Vectors

Not known.

Clinical features and host pathology

P. parahexamerium infects the white-tailed alethe (Alethe diademata).

References

  1. ↑ Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2009) New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics. Parasitol. Res. 104(5):1061-1077


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