Plasmodium delichoni
| Plasmodium delichoni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. delichoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium delichoni Valkiūnas et al., 2008 | |
Plasmodium delichoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.
Like all Plasmodium species, P. delichoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Taxonomy
[edit]The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This parasite is found in Europe, Asia and Africa.[citation needed]
Hosts
[edit]P. delichoni infects the common house martin (Delichon urbicum).[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ Valkiūnas G, Ilgūnas M, Bukauskaitė D, Žiegytė R, Bernotienė R, Jusys V, Eigirdas V, Fragner K, Weissenböck H, Iezhova TA (2016) Plasmodium delichoni n. sp.: description, molecular characterisation and remarks on the exoerythrocytic merogony, persistence, vectors and transmission. Parasitol Res 115(7):2625-236
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