Plasmodium lophurae

Plasmodium lophurae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.

Plasmodium lophurae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. lophurae
Binomial name
Plasmodium lophurae
Coggeshall, 1938

Like all Plasmodium species, P. lophurae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

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