Plasmodium hydrochaeri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
| Plasmodium hydrochaeri | |
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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. hydrochaeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium hydrochaeri | |
Like all Plasmodium species P. hydrochaeri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are rodents.
Description edit
This species was provisionally named in 2009 by Dos Santos et al. [1]
The only known host is the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).
Geographical occurrence edit
This species is found in South America. It has only been described in captive capybaras at the Sanctuary Zoo in Brazil.[1]
Hosts and disease edit
P. hydrochaeri was isolated from capybara with no clinical signs of disease, suggesting that the parasite causes little to no disease in this host.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Dos Santos, Leonilda Correia; Curotto, Sandra Mara Rotter; De Moraes, Wanderlei; Cubas, Zalmir Silvino; Costa-Nascimento, Maria de Jesus; Filho, Ivan Roque de Barros; Biondo, Alexander Welker; Kirchgatter, Karin (2009). "Detection of Plasmodium sp. In capybara". Veterinary Parasitology. 163 (1–2): 148–51. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.042. PMID 19411142.
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