Plasmodium bubalis

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

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

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

Contents

[edit] Description

The parasite was first described by Sheather in 1919 the buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).

[edit] Geographical occurrence

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

[edit] References

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