Plasmodium uilenbergi
| Plasmodium uilenbergi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. uilenbergi |
| Binomial name | |
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Plasmodium uilenbergi |
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Plasmodium uilenbergi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. uilenbergi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
The parasite was first described by Landau et al. in 1989.
The infected erythrocyte becomes enlarged.
This species is found in Madagascar.
The only known host is the lemur Lemur fulvus fulvus.
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