Plasmodium inopinatum

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Plasmodium inopinatum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

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

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

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[edit] Description

The parasite was first described by Resseler in 1952 [1]

[edit] Geographical occurrence

This species was described in Belgium.

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

[edit] References

  1. ^ Resseler R. (1956) A new rat Plasmodium in Belgium: Plasmodium inopinatum n. sp. Ann. Soc. Belg. Med. Trop. 36(3):259-263
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