Kingdom Protista Class Aconoidasida Family Plasmodiidae Rank Species | Phylum Apicomplexa Order Haemosporida Genus Plasmodium | |
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Plasmodium unalis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.
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Like all Plasmodium species P. unalis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
This species is most similar to Plasmodium vaughani.
It was described in 2013 by Mantilla et al.
Geographical occurrence
This species occurs in Colombia. It may also be present in other countries in Americas.
Vectors
Not known.
Clinical features and host pathology
This species infects the great thrush (Turdus fuscater).
It is characterized by
References
Plasmodium unalis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA