Plasmodium tejerai
| Plasmodium tejerai | |
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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. tejerai
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium tejerai Gabaldon and Ulloa, 1977
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Plasmodium tejerai is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Haemamoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. tejerai has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Taxonomy[edit]
The parasite was first described by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1977.
Distribution[edit]
This parasite is found in Brazil and Venezuela.
Vectors[edit]
Not known.
Clinical features and host pathology[edit]
This organism infects the domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and the South American penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus).[1]
Morphologically this parasite resembles Plasmodium relictum closely. In the penguin infection may be fatal with splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, hydropericardium and pulmonary oedema.
References[edit]
- ^ Silveira, Patricia; Belo, Nayara O; Lacorte, Gustavo A; Kolesnikovas, Cristiane K.M; Vanstreels, Ralph E.T; Steindel, Mário; Catão-Dias, José Luiz; Valkiūnas, Gediminas; Braga, Érika M (2013). "Parasitological and new molecular-phylogenetic characterization of the malaria parasite Plasmodium tejerai in South American penguins". Parasitology International. 62 (2): 165–71. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2012.12.004. PMID 23269202.
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