Plasmodium vinckei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. vinckei
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium vinckei Rodhain, 1952
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Plasmodium vinckei is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. vinckei has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are rodents.
This species was first described in 1952 by Rodhain. Several subspecies have been described since.[1][2]
This species is found in Central Africa including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria.