Plasmodium gallinaceum
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Plasmodium gallinaceum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. gallinaceum |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium gallinaceum Brumpt, 1935 | |
Plasmodium gallinaceum is a species of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Haemamoeba) that causes malaria in poultry.[1]
Description
This species was described by Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology during a trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Geographic range
Clinical features and host pathology
References
- ↑ "Plasmodium Infection". The Merck Veterinary Manual. 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
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