Plasmodium incertae

Plasmodium incertae
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	TSAR
Clade:	SAR
Infrakingdom:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. incertae
Binomial name
	Plasmodium incertae;

Plasmodium incertae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium, subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. incertae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Distribution

This species occurs in Asia.

Vectors

Not known.

Hosts

This species infects Asian flying squirrels.[1]

References

Gary R. Mullen; Lance A. Durden, eds. (22 April 2009). Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Academic Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780080919690. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

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[mullen-1] Gary R. Mullen; Lance A. Durden, eds. (22 April 2009). Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Academic Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780080919690. Retrieved 14 December 2016.