Plasmodium bertii

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Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.

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

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

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[edit] Description

The parasite was first described by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1981.

The maximum number of merozoites produced by the erythrocytic meronts.

[edit] Geographical occurrence

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

[edit] References

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