Plasmodium pulmophilium
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.
| Plasmodium pulmophilium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. pulmophilium |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium pulmophilium Killick-Kendrick, 1973 | |
Description
Plasmodium pulmophilium was described from the blood of flying squirrels in the Ivory Coast.[1]
Distribution
Plasmodium pulmophilium has only been described in the Ivory Coast.[1]
Hosts
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
- 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. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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