Plasmodium dissanaikei

Plasmodium dissanaikei is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.

Plasmodium dissanaikei
Scientific classification
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. dissanaikei
Binomial name
Plasmodium dissanaikei
Jong, 1971

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

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Jong in 1971. On morphological grounds it is related to Plasmodium durae.

Distribution

This species is found in Sri Lanka (Ceylon).[1]

Hosts

Hosts of this species include the Ross-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri manillensis) and species from the Columbidae - pigeons and doves.

References
  1. Jong A.C. (1971) Plasmodium dissanaikei n. sp. a New Avian Malaria Parasite from the Ross-ringed Parakeet of Ceylon, Psittacula krameri manillensis[J]. Ceylon J. med. Sci. 20(2): 41 - 45


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