Plasmodium japonicum | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. japonicum
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium japonicum Ishiguro, 1957
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Plasmodium japonicum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. japonicum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
The parasite was first described by Ishiguro in 1957. [1]