Plasmodium_tejerai

<i>Plasmodium tejerai</i>

Plasmodium tejerai

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium tejerai is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Haemamoeba.

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

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1977.

Distribution

This parasite is found in Brazil and Venezuela.

Vectors

Not known.

Clinical features and host pathology

This organism infects the domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and the South American penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus).[1]

Morphologically this parasite resembles Plasmodium relictum closely. In the penguin infection may be fatal with splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, hydropericardium and pulmonary oedema.

References

  1. [1]
    Silveira, Patricia; Belo, Nayara O; Lacorte, Gustavo A; Kolesnikovas, Cristiane K.M; Vanstreels, Ralph E.T; Steindel, Mário; Catão-Dias, José Luiz; Valkiūnas, Gediminas; Braga, Érika M (2013). "Parasitological and new molecular-phylogenetic characterization of the malaria parasite Plasmodium tejerai in South American penguins". Parasitology International. 62 (2): 165–71. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2012.12.004. PMID 23269202.


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