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Plasmodium multivacuolaris

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Plasmodium multivacuolaris
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. multivacuolaris
Binomial name
Plasmodium multivacuolaris
Valkiūnas et al., 2008

Plasmodium multivacuolaris is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella

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

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]

Distribution

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This parasite is found in West Africa.

Vectors

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Not known.

Hosts

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P. multivacuolaris infects the yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris).

References

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  1. ^ Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2008) New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics. Parasitol. Res.