Plasmodium pinotti

Plasmodium pinotti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. pinotti
Binomial name
Plasmodium pinotti
Muniz and Soares, 1954

Plasmodium pinotti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.

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

Description

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The parasite was first described by Muniz and Soares in 1954. It was named after Mario Pinotti.

Geographical occurrence

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This species is found in Jamaica.

Clinical features and host pathology

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Known hosts of this species include the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), orangequit (Euneornis campestris), yellow-shouldered grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus), large toucan (Ramphastos toco) and black-faced grassquit (Tiaris bicolor).

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