Plasmodium bigueti
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Plasmodium bigueti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. bigueti
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium bigueti Landau et al., 2003
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Plasmodium bigueti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. bigueti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description[edit]
The parasite was first described by Landau et al. in 2003.[1]
Geographical occurrence[edit]
This species was described in France.
Clinical features and host pathology[edit]
The only known host is the sparrow (Passer domesticus).
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