Plasmodium hydrochaeri

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Plasmodium vinckei
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P. hydrochaeri
Binomial name
Plasmodium hydrochaeri

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Plasmodium hydrochaeri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

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. [1]

The only known host is the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in South America.

Vectors

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Clinical features and host pathology

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References

  1. Dos Santos L.C., Curotto S.M., de Moraes W., Cubas Z.S., Costa-Nascimento M.D., Filho I.R., Biondo A.W., Kirchgatter K. (2009) Detection of Plasmodium sp. in capybara. Vet. Parasitol.


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