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Plasmodium hydrochaeri

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Plasmodium hydrochaeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. hydrochaeri
Binomial name
Plasmodium hydrochaeri

Plasmodium hydrochaeri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. hydrochaeri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are rodents.

Description

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This species was provisionally named in 2009 by Dos Santos et al. [1]

The only known host is the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).

Geographical occurrence

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This species is found in South America. It has only been described in captive capybaras at the Sanctuary Zoo in Brazil.[1]

Hosts and disease

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P. hydrochaeri was isolated from capybara with no clinical signs of disease, suggesting that the parasite causes little to no disease in this host.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Dos Santos, Leonilda Correia; Curotto, Sandra Mara Rotter; De Moraes, Wanderlei; Cubas, Zalmir Silvino; Costa-Nascimento, Maria de Jesus; Filho, Ivan Roque de Barros; Biondo, Alexander Welker; Kirchgatter, Karin (2009). "Detection of Plasmodium sp. In capybara". Veterinary Parasitology. 163 (1–2): 148–51. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.042. PMID 19411142.