Plasmodium japonicum
| Plasmodium japonicum | |
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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. japonicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium japonicum Ishiguro, 1957
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Plasmodium japonicum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. japonicum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
[edit]The parasite was first described by Ishiguro in 1957.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Manwell, R. D. (1966). "Plasmodium japonicum, P. juxtanucleare and P. nucleophilum in the Far East". The Journal of Protozoology. 13 (1): 8–11. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1966.tb01860.x. PMID 5912391.
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