Plasmodium voltaicum

"Plasmodium voltaicum" is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium" subgenus "Vinckeia".

Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. voltaicum" has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Taxobox
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regnum = Protista
phylum = Apicomplexa
classis = Aconoidasida
ordo = Haemosporida
familia = Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium"
species = "P. voltaicum"
binomial = "Plasmodium voltaicum"

Description

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

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Congo-Brazzaville and Ghana.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host is the fruit bat "Roussettus smithi".

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