Plasmodium lutzi

Plasmodium lutzi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Haemamoeba.

Plasmodium lutzi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. lutzi
Binomial name
Plasmodium lutzi
Lucena, 1939

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

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