Plasmodium yoelii

Plasmodium achiotense is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. yoelii has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Description
This species was described in 1968 by Landau, Michel and Adam.

Clinical features and host pathology
This is a species that infects rodents.