Kingdom Protista Class Aconoidasida Family Plasmodiidae Scientific name Plasmodium biziurae | Phylum Apicomplexa Order Haemosporida Genus Plasmodium Rank Species | |
Similar Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus columbae, Haemosporida, Aconoidasida | ||
Plasmodium relictum or Plasmodium biziurae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
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Like all Plasmodium species, P. biziurae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
The parasite was first described by Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd in 1910.
Clinical features and host pathology
The only known host for this species is the musk duck, Biziura lobata.
References
Plasmodium relictum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA