Plasmodium circumflexum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. circumflexum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
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The parasite was first described by Kikuth in 1931.
This parasite is found in .
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P. circumflexum infects canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) and wild guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
In wild guinea fowl the pathological features in acute cases include anaemia, jaundice and splenomegaly; in the subacute cases severe splenomegaly, right ventricular hypertrophy and multifocal interstitial myocarditis.[1]