Plasmodium hydrochaeri
| Plasmodium hydrochaeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. hydrochaeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium hydrochaeri | |
Plasmodium hydrochaeri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. hydrochaeri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are rodents.
Description
[edit]This species was provisionally named in 2009 by Dos Santos et al. [1]
The only known host is the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species is found in South America. It has only been described in captive capybaras at the Sanctuary Zoo in Brazil.[1]
Hosts and disease
[edit]P. hydrochaeri was isolated from capybara with no clinical signs of disease, suggesting that the parasite causes little to no disease in this host.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Dos Santos, Leonilda Correia; Curotto, Sandra Mara Rotter; De Moraes, Wanderlei; Cubas, Zalmir Silvino; Costa-Nascimento, Maria de Jesus; Filho, Ivan Roque de Barros; Biondo, Alexander Welker; Kirchgatter, Karin (2009). "Detection of Plasmodium sp. In capybara". Veterinary Parasitology. 163 (1–2): 148–51. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.042. PMID 19411142.
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