Plasmodium brodeni

Plasmodium brodeni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. brodeni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Plasmodium brodeni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. brodeni
Binomial name
Plasmodium brodeni Rodhain at al., 1913

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Rodhain at al. in 1913.

Distribution

This species is found in the Congo, Sudan and probably in other parts of Africa.

Hosts

The only known host is the elephant shrew (Petrodomus and Elephantulus species).^[1]