- Plasmodium japonicum
"Plasmodium japonicum" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium ".Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. japonicum" has both
vertebrate andinsect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite arebird s.Taxobox
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regnum =Protista
phylum =Apicomplexa
classis =Aconoidasida
ordo =Haemosporida
familia =Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium "
species = "P. japonicum"
binomial = "Plasmodium japonicum"Description
The parasite was first described by Manwell in
1966 . Manwell RD (1966) "Plasmodium japonicum", "P. juxtanucleare" and "P. nucleophilum" in the Far East. J. Protozool. 13(1):8-11 ]Geographical occurrence
Clinical features and host pathology
References
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