Plasmodium atheruri

Plasmodium atheruri is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all members of this genus, it is parasitic on vertebrate and insect hosts. The natural vertebrate host is the African porcupine (Atherurus africanus) but it is possible to infect the large vesper mouse (Calomys callosus) and Meriones unguiculatus.^[1]

Plasmodium atheruri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. atheruri
Binomial name
Plasmodium atheruri den Berghe, Peel, Chardome and Lambrecht, 1958

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1958 by den Berghe, Peel, Chardome and Lambrecht.^{[citation needed]}

Vectors

• Anopheles machardyi
• Anopheles smithii
• Anopheles stephensi

Distribution

This species is found in Africa.^{[citation needed]}