Plasmodium osmaniae
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| Plasmodium osmaniae | |
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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. osmaniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium osmaniae Shortt, Rao, Qadri and Abraham, 1961
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Plasmodium osmaniae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. osmaniae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Description
The parasite was first described by Shortt in 1961.[1] It was renamed Plasmodium shortii by Bray in 1963 and still later this species was then reclassified as Plasmodium inui.
References
- ^ Shortt, H.E.; Rao, G.; Qadri, S.S.; Abraham, R. (1961). "Plasmodium osmaniae, a malaria parasite of an Indian monkey Macaca radiata". Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 64: 140–143.
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