Plasmodium_bertii

<i>Plasmodium bertii</i>

Plasmodium bertii

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Papernaia.[1][2]

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Like all Plasmodium species P. bertii has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.[1]

Description

The parasite was first described[2] by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1981.[1]

Host record

Grey-cowled wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)

References

  1. [1]
    Landau, I.; Chavatte, J.M.; Peters, W.; Chabaud, Alain (2010). "The sub-genera of Avian Plasmodium". Parasite. 17 (1). EDP Sciences: 3–7. doi:10.1051/parasite/2010171003. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 20387732.Open access icon
  2. [2]
    Gabaldon A, Ulloa G (1981) A new species of the subgenus Novyella (Haemosporina, Plasmodiidae) from Aramides cajanea (Gruiformes, Rallidae). In: Canning EV (ed) Parasitological topics. A presentation volume to P. C. C. Garnham on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Special Publication no. 1. Allen Press, Lawrence, pp 100–105


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