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 birds.

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

Contents 1 Description 2 Geographical occurrence 3 Clinical features and host pathology 4 References

[edit] Description

The parasite was first described by Manwell in 1934. ^[1]

It is related to the following species:

Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium pinotti

[edit] Geographical occurrence

This parasite occurs in the United States.

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

Hosts of this species include the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), yellow wagtails (Motacilla flava)^[2] and cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota).

[edit] References