Plasmodium anasum
Appearance
Plasmodium anasum is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all species in this genus it has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate host are birds.
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Description
This species was described in 1965 by Manwell and Kuntz.[1]
References
- ^ Manwell, Reginald D.; Kuntz, Robert E. (1965). "A New Species of Plasmodium from the Formosan Shoveller Duck". Journal of Protozoology. 12 (1): 101–104. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1965.tb01821.x.