Plasmodium_globularis

<i>Plasmodium globularis</i>

Plasmodium globularis

Species of single-celled organism

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

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Taxonomy

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

Distribution

This parasite is found in Ghana and Cameroon.

Hosts

P. globularis infects the yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris).

References

  1. [1]
    Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Chasar A., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2008). "New species of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) from African rainforest birds, with remarks on their classification". Parasitol Res.


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