Leucocytozoon andrewsi is a parasite of the genus Leucocytozoon.
| Leucocytozoon andrewsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Leucocytozoidae |
| Genus: | Leucocytozoon |
| Species: | L. andrewsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucocytozoon andrewsi Atchley, 1951
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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
editThe parasite was first described by Atchley in 1951.[1]
Geographical occurrence
editThis species is found in the United States of America.
Clinical features and host pathology
editThis species infects chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus).
References
edit- ^ 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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