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Plasmodium lutzi

Plasmodium lutzi
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. lutzi
Binomial name
Plasmodium lutzi
Lucena, 1939

Plasmodium lutzi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Haemamoeba.

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

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Lucena in 1939.

Distribution

This parasite is found in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.

Hosts

This parasite has been reported to infect the grey-cowled wood rail (Aramides cajaneus) and the great thrush (Turdus fuscater).[1]

References

  1. ^ Mantilla Granados JS, Matta NE, Pacheco MA, Escalante A, Gonzalez AD, Moncada LI (2013) Identification of Plasmodium (Haemamoeba) lutzi (Lucena, 1939) from Turdus fuscater (great thrush) in Colombia. J Parasitol


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