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Plasmodium delichoni

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

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

Like all Plasmodium species, P. delichoni 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 Europe, Asia and Africa.

Hosts

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P. delichoni infects the common house martin (Delichon urbicum).

References

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  1. ^ Valkiūnas G, Ilgūnas M, Bukauskaitė D, Žiegytė R, Bernotienė R, Jusys V, Eigirdas V, Fragner K, Weissenböck H, Iezhova TA (2016) Plasmodium delichoni n. sp.: description, molecular characterisation and remarks on the exoerythrocytic merogony, persistence, vectors and transmission. Parasitol Res 115(7):2625-236