Plasmodium garnhami
| Plasmodium garnhami | |
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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. garnhami
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium garnhami Guindy et al., 1965
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Plasmodium garnhami is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species, P. garnhami has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
[edit]The parasite was first described by Guindy et al. in 1965.[1]
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species is found in Egypt.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]Host species include the hoopoe (Upupa epops) and the rain quail (Coturnix coromandelica).
References
[edit]- ^ Guindy E., Hoogstraal H., Mohammed Ah. (1965) Plasmodium garnhami sp. nov. from the Egyptian hoopoe (Upupa epops major Brehm) Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 59:280 - 284
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