Plasmodium jiangi

Plasmodium jiangi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.

Like all Plasmodium species P. jiangi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Plasmodium jiangi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. jiangi
Binomial name
Plasmodium jiangi

Geographical occurrence

This species occurs in China.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host of this species is the red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus).

References

Islam, K., and R. N. Williams. 2000. Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) and Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus). In The Birds of North America, No. 520 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.