Plasmodium booliati is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. booliati has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Plasmodium booliati | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. booliati
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium booliati Sandosham et al., 1965
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Taxonomy
editThe parasite was first described by Sandosham et al. in 1965.[1]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Malaya.
Vectors
editNot known.
Hosts
editThe only known host of this species is the Malayan giant flying squirrel.
References
edit- ^ Sandosham A.A., Yap L.F., Omar I. (1965) A malaria parasite, Plasmodium (Vinckeia) booliati sp.nov., from a Malayan giant flying squirrel. Med. J. Malaya 20(1):3-7