Plasmodium pteropti

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Plasmodium pteropti is a currently (2007) considered to be a species of the genus Hepatocystis rather than Plasmodium.

The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Hepatocystis pteropti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista Phylum: Apicomplexa Class: Aconoidasida Order: Haemosporida Family: Plasmodiidae Genus: Hepatocystis Species: H. pteropti
Binomial name
Hepatocystis pteropti

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

[edit] Description

This species was described by Breinl in 1912 in Pteropus gouldi and by Mackie in 1914 in Pteropus edwarsi.

[edit] Geographical occurrence

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

This species infects the flying fox (Pteropus gouldi) and the bat (Pteropus edwarsi).

[edit] References