Plasmodium voltaicum

Plasmodium voltaicum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. voltaicum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Plasmodium voltaicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromista
Subkingdom: Harosa
Infrakingdom: Halvaria
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. voltaicum
Binomial name
Plasmodium voltaicum
Van Der Kaay, 1964

Taxoomy

The parasite was first described by Van Der Kaay in 1964.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in Congo-Brazzaville and Ghana.

Hosts

The only known host is the fruit bat Roussettus smithi.

References

  1. Van Der Kaay H.J.(1964) Description of a new plasmodium, Plasmodium voltaicum sp. nov., found in a fruit-bat, Roussettus smithi, in Ghana. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 58:261-264


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