Plasmodium bouillize

Plasmodium bouillize is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. bouillize has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Plasmodium bouillize
Scientific classification
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. bouillize
Binomial name
Plasmodium bouillize
Ledger, 1922

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1922.

Hosts

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecus campbelli

References


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