Kingdom Protista Class Aconoidasida Family Plasmodiidae Scientific name Plasmodium tejerai People also search for Plasmodium bigueti | Phylum Apicomplexa Order Haemosporida Genus Plasmodium Rank Species | |
Plasmodium tejerai is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Haemamoeba.
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Like all Plasmodium species P. tejerai has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
The parasite was first described by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1977.
Geographical occurrence
This parasite is found in Brazil and Venezuela.
Vectors
Not known.
Clinical features and host pathology
This organism infects the domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and the South American penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus).
Morphologically this parasite resembles Plasmodium relictum closely. In the penguin infection may be fatal with splenomegaly,hepatomegaly, hydropericardium and pulmonary oedema. Tissue meronts may occur in the macrophages and endothelial cells of multiple organs.
References
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