Leucocytozoon andrewsi

Leucocytozoon andrewsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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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