Plasmodium brodeni
Plasmodium brodeni | |
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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. brodeni |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium brodeni Rodhain at al., 1913 |
Plasmodium brodeni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. brodeni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy
[edit]The parasite was first described by Rodhain at al. in 1913.
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in the Congo, Sudan and probably in other parts of Africa.
Hosts
[edit]The only known host is the elephant shrew (Petrodomus and Elephantulus species).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Heisch RB (1954) Presence of Plasmodium brodeni in elephant shrews (Elephantulu sp). East Afr. Med. J. 31(6):263-264
Further reading
[edit]Hoogstral, Harry; Huff, Clay; Lawless, Deaner (1950). "A malarial parasite of the African elephant shrew, Elephantulus rufescens dundasi Dollman". Journal of the National Malaria Society. 9 (4): 293–304. PMID 14804088.
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