Plasmodium biziurae

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Plasmodium biziurae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

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

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Plasmodium biziurae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. biziurae
Binomial name
Plasmodium biziurae

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[edit] Description

The parasite was first described by Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd in 1910.

[edit] Geographical occurrence

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host for this species if the musk duck Biziura lobata.

[edit] References

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