Plasmodium globularis

This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Plasmodium globularis is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:

Plasmodium globularis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.

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

Plasmodium globularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. globularis
Binomial name
Plasmodium globularis

Contents

Description

The parasite was first described by Valkiƫnas et al in 2008. 1

Geographical occurrence

This parasite is found in Ghana and Cameroon..

Clinical features and host pathology

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

References

  1. ^ Valkiƫnas 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.
This protist-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Wikipedia content modification information:

  • This page was last modified on 5 August 2008, at 19:02.

Wikipedia Authorship and Review

Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.

Wikipedia Usage Guidelines

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Plasmodium globularis".

The URL for this specific entry is:

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.