Plasmodium relictum
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Plasmodium relictum is a species in the genus Plasmodium, subgenus Haemamoeba.
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Plasmodium relictum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Subgenus: | Haemamoeba |
Species: | P. relictum |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium relictum Grassi & Feletti, 1891 | |
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It is a parasite, and the most common cause of malaria in birds.[3]
Like all Plasmodium species, P. relictum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.[3]