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Plasmodium booliati

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Plasmodium booliati
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. booliati
Binomial name
Plasmodium booliati
Sandosham et al., 1965

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

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Sandosham et al. in 1965.[1]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Malaya.

Vectors

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Not known.

Hosts

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The only known host of this species is the Malayan giant flying squirrel.

References

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  1. ^ Sandosham A.A., Yap L.F., Omar I. (1965) A malaria parasite, Plasmodium (Vinckeia) booliati sp.nov., from a Malayan giant flying squirrel. Med. J. Malaya 20(1):3-7