Plasmodium lucens

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Plasmodium lucens is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella

Like all Plasmodium species P. lucens has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Plasmodium lucens
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P. lucens
Binomial name
Plasmodium lucens

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Description

The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.[1]

Geographical occurrence

This parasite is found in West Africa.

Vectors

Not known.

Clinical features and host pathology

P. lucens infects the olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)

References

  1. Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2008) New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics. Parasitol. Res.


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