Plasmodium jiangi

"Plasmodium jiangi" is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium" subgenus "Novyella ".

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

Taxobox
color = khaki
name = "Plasmodium jiangi"
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regnum = Protista
phylum = Apicomplexa
classis = Aconoidasida
ordo = Haemosporida
familia = Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium"
species = "P. jiangi"
binomial = "Plasmodium jiangi"

Description

Geographical occurrence

This species occurs in China.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host of this species is the red-whiskered bulbul ("Pycnonotus jocosus").

References

Islam, K., and R. N. Williams. 2000. Red-vented Bulbul ("Pycnonotus cafer") and Red-whiskered Bulbul ("Pycnonotus jocosus"). In The Birds of North America, No. 520 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.