Biology:Plasmodium anomaluri
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Short description: Species of single-celled organism
| Plasmodium anomaluri | |
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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. anomaluri
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium anomaluri Pringle, 1960
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Plasmodium anomaluri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. anomaluri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.[1]
Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by Pringle in 1960.[2]
Distribution
This species is found in Tanzania.[citation needed]
Vectors
Not known.
Hosts
This species infects African flying squirrels (Anomalurus fraseri orientalis).[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Schaer, Juliane; Perkins, Susan L.; Decher, Jan; Leendertz, Fabian H.; Fahr, Jakob; Weber, Natalie; Matuschewski, Kai (2013-10-22). "High diversity of West African bat malaria parasites and a tight link with rodent Plasmodium taxa". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 (43): 17415–17419. doi:10.1073/pnas.1311016110. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 24101466. Bibcode: 2013PNAS..11017415S.
- ↑ Pringle G (1960) Two new malaria parasites from East African vertebrates. Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg Trans 54(5) 411-414
Wikidata ☰ Q4196824 entry
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