Plasmodium voltaicum
| Plasmodium voltaicum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. voltaicum |
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Plasmodium voltaicum |
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Plasmodium voltaicum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. voltaicum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
The parasite was first described by Van Der Kaay in 1964.
This species is found in Congo-Brazzaville and Ghana.
The only known host is the fruit bat Roussettus smithi.
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