Plasmodium pulmophilium
Plasmodium pulmophilium is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. pulmophilium has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Plasmodium pulmophilium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. pulmophilium |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium pulmophilium | |
Geographical occurrence
This species occurs in Africa.
Vectors
Not known.
Clinical features and host pathology
This species infects flying squirrels (Anomalurus species).
References
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