Plasmodium elongatum

{{Short description|Species of parasitic protist that can cause malaria}}

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| genus = Plasmodium

| species = elongatum

| authority = Huff, 1930

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Plasmodium elongatum is a malaria parasite discovered by Hartman and first disclosed in Hartman 1927. Study of it has been fundamental to understanding the lifecycle of malaria

{{ Cite journal |

language=en|

year=1935|

publisher=University of Chicago (Infectious Diseases Society of America)|

volume=57|

issue=3|

first2=William|

first1=Clay|

last2=Bloom|

last1=Huff|

journal=The Journal of Infectious Diseases|

issn=0022-1899|

eissn=1537-6613|

jstor=00221899|

oclc=01754628|

lccn=a40001288|

pages=315–336|

title=A Malarial Parasite Infecting All Blood and Blood-Forming Cells of Birds|

doi=10.1093/infdis/57.3.315}}

along with study of P. gallinaceum, also a malaria parasite of birds.

{{ Cite journal |

language=en|

year=2012|

volume=1249|

issue=1|

publisher=Wiley-Blackwell (New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS))|

pages=211–226|

first3=Michael|

first2=Carter|

first1=Dennis|

last3=Samuel|

last2=Atkinson|

last1=LaPointe|

journal=Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|

issn=0077-8923|

title=Ecology and conservation biology of avian malaria|

doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06431.x|

s2cid=1885904|

pmid=22320256|doi-access=free|

bibcode=2012NYASA1249..211L}}

It is the type species of the subgenus Huffia.

{{ Cite journal |

issn=1475-2875|

oclc=891213153|

journal=Malaria Journal|

last1=Valkiūnas|

first1=Gediminas|

id=GV ORCID: [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0594-0280 0000-0003-0594-0280]|

last2=Iezhova|

first2=Tatjana|

language=en|

year=2018|

volume=17|

issue=1|

publisher=BioMed Central|

department=Review|

pages=1–24|

title=Keys to the avian malaria parasites|

s2cid=44104862|

doi=10.1186/s12936-018-2359-5|

pmid=29843718|

pmc=5975542|

doi-access=free}}