Plasmodium delichoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.
| Plasmodium delichoni | |
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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. delichoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium delichoni Valkiūnas et al., 2008
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Like all Plasmodium species, P. delichoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Taxonomy edit
The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]
Distribution edit
This parasite is found in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Hosts edit
P. delichoni infects the common house martin (Delichon urbicum).
References edit
- ^ Valkiūnas G, Ilgūnas M, Bukauskaitė D, Žiegytė R, Bernotienė R, Jusys V, Eigirdas V, Fragner K, Weissenböck H, Iezhova TA (2016) Plasmodium delichoni n. sp.: description, molecular characterisation and remarks on the exoerythrocytic merogony, persistence, vectors and transmission. Parasitol Res 115(7):2625-236
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