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Plasmodium globularis

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Plasmodium globularis
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. globularis
Binomial name
Plasmodium globularis
Valkiūnas et al., 2008

Plasmodium globularis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. globularis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]

Distribution

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This parasite is found in Ghana and Cameroon.

Hosts

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P. globularis infects the yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris).

References

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  1. ^ Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Chasar A., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2008). "New species of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) from African rainforest birds, with remarks on their classification". Parasitol Res.