Kingdom Protista Class Aconoidasida Family Plasmodiidae Scientific name Plasmodium hydrochaeri | Phylum Apicomplexa Order Haemosporida Genus Plasmodium Rank Species | |
Plasmodium hydrochaeri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
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Like all Plasmodium species P. hydrochaeri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are rodents.
Description
This species was first described in 2009 by Dos Santos et al.
The only known host is the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).
Geographical occurrence
This species is found in South America. It has only been described in captive capybaras at the Sanctuary Zoo in Brazil.
Hosts and disease
P. hydrochaeri was isolated from capybara with no clinical signs of disease, suggesting that the parasite causes little to no disease in this host.
References
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