Plasmodium bouillize | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. bouillize |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium bouillize |
Plasmodium bouillize is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. bouillize has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1922.
The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecus campbelli