Plasmodium bouillize is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium and subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. bouillize has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Plasmodium bouillize
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. bouillize
Binomial name
Plasmodium bouillize
Ledger, 1922

Taxonomy

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Plasmodium bouillize was first described by Ledger in 1922.

Hosts

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Plasmodium bouillize's only known host is the monkey Cercopithecus campbelli.

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