Plasmodium sandoshami
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| Plasmodium sandoshami | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. sandoshami |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium sandoshami Dunn et al., 1963 | |
Plasmodium sandoshami is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. sandoshami has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
The parasite was first described by Dunn et al. in 1963.[1]
This species was named after A. A. Sandosham, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine in Singapore, University of Malaya.
