''Plasmodium brodeni'' is a parasite of the genus ''
Plasmodium'' subgenus ''
Vinckeia
''Vinckeia'' is a subgenus of the genus ''Plasmodium'' — all of which are parasitic alveolates. The subgenus ''Vinckeia'' was created by Cyril Garnham in 1964 to accommodate the mammalian parasites other than those infecting the primates.
Dia ...
''. As in all ''Plasmodium'' species, ''P. brodeni'' has both
vertebrate and
insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
s.
Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by Rodhain ''at al.'' in 1913.
Distribution
This species is found in the Congo, Sudan and probably in other parts of Africa.
Hosts
The only known host is the
elephant shrew (''
Petrodomus'' and ''
Elephantulus'' species).
[Heisch RB (1954) Presence of ''Plasmodium brodeni'' in elephant shrews (''Elephantulu'' sp). East Afr. Med. J. 31(6):263-264]
References
Further reading
* More detail
Plasmodium, brodeni
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