Plasmodium buteonis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
| Plasmodium buteonis | |
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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. buteonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium buteonis Paperna et al., 2007
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Like all Plasmodium species P. buteonis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Taxonomy edit
The parasite was first described by Paperna et al. in 2007.[1] P. buteonis cannot be distinguished from some others of the same subgenus – P. gabaldoni and P. homocircumfexum – and may in fact not be a valid name.[2]
Distribution edit
This parasite is found in Israel.
Hosts edit
P. buteonis infects the common buzzard (Buteo buteo).
References edit
- ^ Paperna, I.; Yosef, R.; Landau, I. (2007). "Plasmodium spp. in raptors on the Eurasian-African migration route". Parasite. 14 (4): 313–322. doi:10.1051/parasite/2007144313. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 18225420.
- ^ Valkiūnas, Gediminas; Iezhova, Tatjana A. (2018-05-29). "Keys to the avian malaria parasites". Malaria Journal. 17 (1). BioMed Central: 212. doi:10.1186/s12936-018-2359-5. ISSN 1475-2875. PMC 5975542. PMID 29843718. S2CID 44104862. (GV ORCID: 0000-0003-0594-0280).
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