Plasmodium_delichoni

<i>Plasmodium delichoni</i>

Plasmodium delichoni

Species of single-celled organism

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

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

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]

Distribution

This parasite is found in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Hosts

P. delichoni infects the common house martin (Delichon urbicum).

References

  1. [1]
    Valkiūnas G, Ilgūnas M, Bukauskaitė D, Žiegytė R, Bernotienė R, Jusys V, Eigirdas V, Fragner K, Weissenböck H, Iezhova TA (2016) Plasmodium delichoni n. sp.: description, molecular characterisation and remarks on the exoerythrocytic merogony, persistence, vectors and transmission. Parasitol Res 115(7):2625-236


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