Plasmodium achromaticum

Plasmodium achromaticum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. achromaticum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Plasmodium achromaticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. achromaticum
Binomial name
Plasmodium achromaticum

Description

The parasite was first described by Yakimoff and Stolinikoff in 1912.

Vectors

Not known.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host for this species is the bat Achromaticum versperuginus.

References


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