Plasmodium aegyptensis

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

Like all "Plasmodium" species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate host is the Egyptian grass rat ("Arvicanthis niloticus"). The insect vector is not yet known.

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

Description

This species was first described in 1975 by Abd-el-Aziz "et al". Abd-el-Aziz GA, Landau I, and Miltgen F. (1975) Description of "Plasmodium aegyptensis" n. sp., presumed parasite of the Muridae "Arvicanthis noloticus" in Upper Egypt. Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 50(4):419-424. ]

Geographic occurrence

Clinical features and host pathology

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