Plasmodium voltaicum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. voltaicum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
| Plasmodium voltaicum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. voltaicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium voltaicum |
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The parasite was first described by Van Der Kaay in 1964.[1]
This species is found in Congo-Brazzaville and Ghana.
The only known host is the fruit bat Roussettus smithi.