Plasmodium hydrochaeri

Plasmodium hydrochaeri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

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

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

Description

This species was first described in 2009 by Dos Santos et al. [1]

The only known host is the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in South America. It has only been described in captive capybaras at the Sanctuary Zoo in Brazil.[1]

Hosts and disease

P. hydrochaeri was isolated from capybara with no clinical signs of disease, suggesting that the parasite causes little to no disease in this host.[1]

References
  1. Dos Santos, Leonilda Correia; Curotto, Sandra Mara Rotter; De Moraes, Wanderlei; Cubas, Zalmir Silvino; Costa-Nascimento, Maria de Jesus; Filho, Ivan Roque de Barros; Biondo, Alexander Welker; Kirchgatter, Karin (2009). "Detection of Plasmodium sp. In capybara". Veterinary Parasitology. 163 (1–2): 148–51. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.042. PMID 19411142.


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