Plasmodium papernai is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.
Like all Plasmodium species P. papernai has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Plasmodium papernai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. papernai |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium papernai |
The parasite was first described by Gres and Landau in 1997.[1]