Plasmodium melanipherum
Plasmodium melanipherum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. melanipherum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
| Plasmodium melanipherum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. melanipherum |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium melanipherum | |
Description
This species was first described by Dionisi in 1899. A subspecies (P. melanipherum monosoma) was later described by Vassal in 1907
Clinical features and host pathology
P. melanipherum infects Schreibers' bat (Miniopterus schreibersii).
P. melanipherum monosoma infects the bat Vesperugo abramus.
References
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