Plasmodium melanipherum
| Plasmodium melanipherum | |
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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. melanipherum
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium melanipherum Dionisi, 1899
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Plasmodium melanipherum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. melanipherum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first described by Dionisi in 1899. A subspecies (P. melanipherum monosoma) was later described by Vassal in 1907.[1] P. melanipherum was described to resemble Plasmodium malariae.[1]
Distribution[edit]
P. melanipherum has only been described in Central Africa.
Hosts[edit]
P. melanipherum infects Schreibers' bat (Miniopterus schreibersii). P. melanipherum monosoma infects the bat Vesperugo abramus. It is not known if these parasites cause disease in their bat hosts.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Strong, Richard Pearson; Shattuck, George Cheever. Medical and pathological investigations in Liberia and the Belgian Congo.
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