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<i>Plasmodium pulmophilium</i>

Plasmodium pulmophilium

Species of single-celled organism

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.

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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

  1. [1]
    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. PMID 4364557. Retrieved 10 December 2016.


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