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... > Eukaryota > Alveolata > Apicomplexa > Haemosporida > Plasmodium > Plasmodium gallinaceum

Preferred term

Plasmodium gallinaceum  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • infection = MALARIA, AVIAN; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A protozoan parasite that causes avian malaria (MALARIA, AVIAN), primarily in chickens, and is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito.

History note

  • 91(86); was see under PLASMODIUM 1986-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010964

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