Plasmodium bertii

Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Novyella.

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

Description
The parasite was first described by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1981.

The maximum number of merozoites produced by the erythrocytic meronts.