Plasmodium pinotti
Plasmodium pinotti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. pinotti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
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| Kingdom: | Protista
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| Genus: | Plasmodium
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| Species: | P. pinotti
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| Plasmodium pinotti | |
Description[]
The parasite was first described by Muniz and Soares in 1954. It was named after the Dr Mario Pinotti.
Systematics[]
It is related to the following species
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium polare
Geographical occurrence[]
This species is found in Jamaica.
Clinical features and host pathology[]
Known hosts of this species include the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), orangequit (Euneornis campestris), yellow-shouldered grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus), the large toucan (Ramphastos toco) and the black-faced grassquit (Tiaris bicolor).
References[]
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