Plasmodium garnhami is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Plasmodium garnhami | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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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