Plasmodium hegneri
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plasmodium hegneri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. hegneri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
 |
||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Plasmodium hegneri |
Contents |
[edit] Description
The parasite was first described by Manwell and Kuntz in 1966. [1]
It is related to the following species
Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium pinotti
Plasmodium polare
[edit] Geographical occurrence
This species was originally isolated in Taiwan but is likely to be much more widespread.
[edit] Clinical features and host pathology
This species infects the the common or European teal (Anas crecca).
[edit] References
- ^ Manwell RD and Kuntz RE. (1966) Plasmodium hegneri n. sp. from the European teal Anas c. crecca in Taiwan. J. Protozool. 13(3):437-440
 |
This protist-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
