- Plasmodium garnhami
"Plasmodium garnhami" is a protozoan
parasite of thegenus "Plasmodium ".Like all "Plasmodium" species, "P. garnhami" 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. garnhami"
binomial = "Plasmodium garnhami"Description
The parasite was first described by Guindy "et al" in
1965 . Guindy E., Hoogstraal H., Mohammed Ah. (1965) "Plasmodium garnhami" sp. nov. from the Egyptian hoopoe ("Upupa epops major" Brehm) Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 59:280 - 284 ]Geographical occurrence
This species is found in
Egypt .Clinical features and host pathology
Host species include the hoopoe ("
Upupa epops ") and the rain quail ("Coturnix coromandelica ").References
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