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 |
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The parasite was first described by Sheather in 1919 in the buffalo.[1] Several subsequent reports have confirmed the existence of this species. (Bubalus bubalis).[2][3]