Plasmodium_parahexamerium

<i>Plasmodium parahexamerium</i>

Plasmodium parahexamerium

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium parahexamerium is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. parahexamerium 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 2009.[1]

Distribution

This parasite is found in West Africa.

Vectors

Not known.

Hosts

P. parahexamerium infects the white-tailed alethe (Alethe diademata).

References

  1. [1]
    Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2009) New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics. Parasitol. Res. 104(5):1061-1077


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