Leucocytozoon andrewsi

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Leucocytozoon andrewsi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Leucocytozoidae
Genus: Leucocytozoon
Species:
L. andrewsi
Binomial name
Leucocytozoon andrewsi
Atchley, 1951

Leucocytozoon andrewsi is a parasite of the genus Leucocytozoon.

Contents

Like all Leucocytozoon species L. andrewsi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The invertebrate hosts belong to the flies of the genus Simulium . The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are chickens.

Description

The parasite was first described by Atchley in 1951. [1]

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in the United States of America.

Clinical features and host pathology

This species infects chickens ( Gallus gallus domesticus ).

References

  1. ↑ Atchley FO. (1951) Leucocytozoon andrewsi n. sp., from chickens observed in a survey of blood parasites in domestic animals in South Carolina. J. Parasitol. 37(5:1):483-488


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