Plasmodium delichoni
| Plasmodium delichoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. delichoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium delichoni Valkiūnas et al., 2008
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Plasmodium delichoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.
Like all Plasmodium species, P. delichoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Taxonomy[edit]
The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]
Distribution[edit]
This parasite is found in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Hosts[edit]
P. delichoni infects the common house martin (Delichon urbicum).
References[edit]
- ^ Valkiūnas G, Ilgūnas M, Bukauskaitė D, Žiegytė R, Bernotienė R, Jusys V, Eigirdas V, Fragner K, Weissenböck H, Iezhova TA (2016) Plasmodium delichoni n. sp.: description, molecular characterisation and remarks on the exoerythrocytic merogony, persistence, vectors and transmission. Parasitol Res 115(7):2625-236
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