Plasmodium multivacuolaris explained

Plasmodium multivacuolaris is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella

Like all Plasmodium species P. multivacuolaris has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

This parasite is found in West Africa.

Vectors

Not known.

Hosts

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

Notes and References

1. Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2008) New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics. Parasitol. Res.