Plasmodium chabaudi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. chabaudi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are rodents.[1]
| Plasmodium chabaudi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. chabaudi |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium chabaudi |
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This species was described in 1965 by I. Landau [2]. It is named after Dr A. Chabaud.
The nuclear genome is 18.8 megabases in size with a karyotype of 14 chromosomes. The G+C content is ~23%. A genome sequencing project is underway.
This species is found in Africa.
This species was first isolated from the blood of a shiny thicket rat (Thamnomys rutilans) in the Central African Republic.
Two subspecies have been defined: P. chabaudi chabaudi and P. chabaudi adami.