Plasmodium jiangi

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

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

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

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[edit] Description

[edit] Geographical occurrence

This species occurs in China.

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host of this species is the red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus).

[edit] References

Islam, K., and R. N. Williams. 2000. Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) and Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus). In The Birds of North America, No. 520 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

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