Plasmodium polare
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Plasmodium polare is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium
subgenus Giovannolaia
.
Like all Plasmodium species P. polare has both vertebrate
and insect
hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are bird
s.
Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium pinotti
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...
subgenus Giovannolaia
Giovannolaia
Giovanolaia is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium created by Corradetti et al. in 1963. The parasites within this subgenus infect birds.- Diagnostic features :Species in the subgenus Giovanolaia have the following characteristics:...
.
Like all Plasmodium species P. polare 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
Hosts of this species include the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), yellow wagtails (Motacilla flava) and cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota).Related species
It is related to the following species:Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium circumflexum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. circumflexum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.-Description:...
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium durae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. durae has both vertebrate and insect hosts...
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium fallax is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. fallax has both vertebrate and insect hosts...
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium gabaldoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. gabaldoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.- Description :...
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium hegneri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.Like all Plasmodium species P. hegneri has both vertebrate and insect hosts...
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium pinotti
Plasmodium pinotti
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 :...