Plasmodium pinotti
Appearance
Plasmodium pinotti | |
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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. pinotti
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium pinotti Muniz and Soares, 1954
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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
[edit]The parasite was first described by Muniz and Soares in 1954. It was named after Mario Pinotti.
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species is found in Jamaica.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]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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