Plasmodium brodeni
| Plasmodium brodeni | |
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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. brodeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium brodeni Rodhain at al., 1913
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Plasmodium brodeni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. brodeni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy
[edit]The parasite was first described by Rodhain at al. in 1913.
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in the Congo, Sudan and probably in other parts of Africa.
Hosts
[edit]The only known host is the elephant shrew (Petrodomus and Elephantulus species).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Heisch RB (1954) Presence of Plasmodium brodeni in elephant shrews (Elephantulu sp). East Afr. Med. J. 31(6):263-264
Further reading
[edit]Hoogstral, Harry; Huff, Clay; Lawless, Deaner (1950). "A malarial parasite of the African elephant shrew, Elephantulus rufescens dundasi Dollman". Journal of the National Malaria Society. 9 (4): 293–304. PMID 14804088.
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