- Plasmodium tyrio
"Plasmodium tyrio" is a parasite of the genus "
Plasmodium " subgenus "Vinckeia ".Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. tyrio" has both
vertebrate andinsect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite aremammal s.Taxobox
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regnum =Protista
phylum =Apicomplexa
classis =Aconoidasida
ordo =Haemosporida
familia =Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium "
species = "P. tyrio"
binomial = "Plasmodium tyrio"Description
The parasite was first described by de Mello, Fernandes, Correia and Lobo in 1928.
Geographical occurrence
Clinical features and host pathology
The only knonw host of this species is the anteater "
Manus pentadactyla ".References
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