Plasmodium hydrochaeri


Plasmodium hydrochaeri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. hydrochaeri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are rodents.

Description

This species was provisionally named in 2009 by Dos Santos et al.
The only known host is the capybara.

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in South America. It has only been described in captive capybaras at the Sanctuary Zoo in Brazil.

Hosts and disease

P. hydrochaeri was isolated from capybara with no clinical signs of disease, suggesting that the parasite causes little to no disease in this host.