Plasmodium parahexamerium is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium, in the subgenus Novyella. As in all Plasmodium species, P. parahexamerium 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 2009.Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Loiseau C., Smith T.B., Sehgal R.N. (2009) New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics. Parasitol. Res. 104(5):1061-1077
Distribution This parasite is found in West Africa.
Vectors Not known.
Hosts P. parahexamerium infects the white-tailed alethe (Alethe diademata).
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