Papernaia

{{Short description|Subgenus, parasites causing bird malaria}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Papernaia

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| domain = Eukaryota

| unranked_regnum = Sar

| unranked_superphylum = Alveolata

| phylum = Apicomplexa

| classis = Aconoidasida

| ordo = Haemosporida

| familia = Plasmodiidae

| genus = Plasmodium

| subgenus = Papernaia

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =Plasmodium ashfordi

Plasmodium beaucournui

Plasmodium bertii

Plasmodium columbae

Plasmodium dherteae

Plasmodium durae

Plasmodium formosanum

Plasmodium gabaldoni

Plasmodium garnhami

Plasmodium golvani

Plasmodium hegneri

Plasmodium hexamerium

Plasmodium jeanriouxi

Plasmodium lenoblei

Plasmodium nucleophilum

Plasmodium paranucleophilum

Plasmodium pediocetae

Plasmodium pinotti

Plasmodium polare

Plasmodium reniai

Plasmodium rouxi

Plasmodium snounoui

Plasmodium valkiunasi

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Papernaia is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium, all of which are parasitic protozoa. The subgenus was created in 2010 by Landau et al.{{cite journal|last1=Landau|first1=I.|last2=Chavatte|first2=J.M.|last3=Peters|first3=W.|author4-link=Alain Chabaud|last4=Chabaud|first4=A.|s2cid=36620024|title=The sub-genera of Avian Plasmodium|journal=Parasite|volume=17|issue=1|year=2010|pages=3–7|issn=1252-607X|doi=10.1051/parasite/2010171003|pmid=20387732|url=http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/pdf/2010/01/parasite2010171p3.pdf|doi-access=free}}{{open access}} It may be synonymous with Novyella.{{Cite journal|issue=7|year=2023|volume=39|pages=501–516|s2cid=258757532|pmid=37202254|doi=10.1016/j.pt.2023.04.004 |title=Origin and diversity of malaria parasites and other Haemosporida |last1=Pacheco |first1=M. Andreína |last2=Escalante |first2=Ananias A. |journal=Trends in Parasitology }}

Species in this subgenus infect birds with malaria.

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