Plasmodium japonicum
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Plasmodium japonicum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
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Plasmodium japonicum | |
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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. japonicum |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium japonicum Ishiguro, 1957 | |
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Like all Plasmodium species P. japonicum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.