(Novyella) Kempi - Like
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Colección Biológica grupo de Estudio Relación Parásito-Hospedero GERPH Plasmodium (Novyella) kempi - like (Christensen, Barnes and Rowley, 1983) Taxonomic hierarchy Reino Protista Phylum Apicomplexa Order Hemosporidian Family Plasmodidae Genus Plasmodium Species Plasmodium kempi Type Host GERPH Scientific name Collection GenBank number Mellagris gallopavo None None silvestirs reported reported Typical stages of P. kempi A-) trophozoite B-C) Grown gametocyte D ) Meront; Bar = 10 μm. Host With Material Deposited in GERPH Scientific name Collection number GenBank Arremonops GERPH-01995-7 None conirostris Trophozoites and grown gametocytes posses one defined long thread-like or taillike outgrowth which can exceed the main parasites length, meronts mainly Main Characters with five merozoites, trophozoites and meronts with a clear defined globule (this is no characteristic of P. kempi), lack of a big vacuole. Specimen Category Blood smear Altitudinal Distribution in Colombia La macarena NNP 450-1600 masl distribution Global Distribution North and South America Pathology Slightly virulent Vectors Unknow Bibliography Supported by: Departamento Administrativo de Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación COLCIENCIAS (contracts Nos. 556- 2014, Christensen, B. M., Barnes, H. J., & Rowley, W. A. 0737-2013 and 359-2011). Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1983). Vertebrate host specificity and experimental Contact: Nubia Estela Matta C. [email protected] vectors of Plasmodium (Novyella) kempi sp. n. from the eastern wild turkey in Iowa. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 19(3), 204-213. Valkiunas, G. 2005. Avian malaria parasites and other haemosporidia. CRC Press, Boca Raton. Florida, 946 p. Click on the Scientific name of each bird species to obtain more information about the hosts. You can also click on the last name of the authors in bibliography to be redirected to the original paper. .