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.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.
Distribution This parasite is found in West Africa.
Vectors Not known.
Hosts P. multivacuolaris infects the yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris).
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