Plasmodium bouillize is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. bouillize has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Plasmodium bouillize | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. bouillize |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium bouillize |
The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1922.
The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecus campbelli