Plasmodium globularis

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

Plasmodium globularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. globularis
Binomial name
Plasmodium globularis Valkiūnas et al., 2008

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Valkiūnas et al. in 2008.^[1]

Distribution

This parasite is found in Ghana and Cameroon.

Hosts

P. globularis infects the yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris).