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Plasmodium atheruri

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Plasmodium atheruri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. atheruri
Binomial name
Plasmodium atheruri
den Berghe, Peel, Chardome and Lambrecht, 1958

Plasmodium atheruri is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all members of this genus, it is parasitic on vertebrate and insect hosts. The natural vertebrate host is the African porcupine (Atherurus africanus) but it is possible to infect the large vesper mouse (Calomys callosus) and Meriones unguiculatus.[1]

Taxonomy

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This species was described in 1958 by den Berghe, Peel, Chardome and Lambrecht.[citation needed]

Vectors

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Distribution

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This species is found in Africa.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Landau, I; Miltgen, F; Baccam, D; Petit, G; Roussillon, C (1983). "Études sur Plasmodium atheruri" [Studies on Plasmodium atheruri]. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée (in French). 58 (6): 523–538. doi:10.1051/parasite/1983586523. PMID 6673640.