Plasmodium paranucleophilum
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Plasmodium paranucleophilum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium
.
Like all Plasmodium species P. paranucleophilum has both vertebrate
and insect
hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are bird
s.
(Tachyphonus
species).
Plasmodium
Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic protists. Infection by these organisms is known as malaria. The genus Plasmodium was described in 1885 by Ettore Marchiafava and Angelo Celli. Currently over 200 species of this genus are recognized and new species continue to be described.Of the over 200 known...
.
Like all Plasmodium species P. paranucleophilum has both vertebrate
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are animals that are members of the subphylum Vertebrata . Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates, with currently about 58,000 species described. Vertebrates include the jawless fishes, bony fishes, sharks and rays, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds...
and insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s.
Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host is a tanagerTanager
The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution.There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux...
(Tachyphonus
Tachyphonus
Tachyphonus is a genus of tanagers.-Species list:* Flame-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus cristatus* Yellow-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus rufiventer* Fulvous-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus surinamus...
species).