Plasmodium billbrayi
| Plasmodium billbrayi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. billbrayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium billbrayi Krief et al., 2010
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Plasmodium billbrayi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Laverania.
P. billbrayi is phylogenetically very close to Plasmodium gaboni,[1] with both sharing a recent common ancestor.[2] The parasite is named in honour of the distinguished malariologist “Bill” Robert Stow Bray (1923–2008).[2]
Taxonomy
Plasmodium billbrayi was first described along with Plasmodium billcollinsi by Krief et al. in February 2010, by sequencing the whole Plasmodium mitochondrial genome in chimpanzees.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in East Africa.[1]
Hosts
Plasmodium billbrayi infects common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii).[1][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Prugnolle, Franck; Durand, Patrick; Ollomo, Benjamin; Duval, Linda; Ariey, Frédéric; Arnathau, Céline; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul; Leroy, Eric; Renaud, François (2011). "A Fresh Look at the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the Most Malignant Malaria Agent". PLOS Pathogens. 7 (2): e1001283. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001283. PMC 3044689. PMID 21383971.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b Krief; Escalante, Ananias A.; Pacheco, M. Andreina; Mugisha, Lawrence; André, Claudine; Halbwax, Michel; Fischer, Anne; Krief, Jean-Michel; Kasenene, John M.; Crandfield, Mike; Cornejo, Omar E.; Chavatte, Jean-Marc; Lin, Clara; Letourneur, Franck; Grüner, Anne Charlotte; McCutchan, Thomas F.; Rénia, Laurent; Snounou, Georges (2010). "On the Diversity of Malaria Parasites in African Apes and the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos". PLOS Pathogens. 6 (2): e1000765. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000765. PMC 2820532. PMID 20169187.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "African apes as reservoirs of Plasmodium falciparum and the origin and diversi fi cation of the Laverania subgenus" (PDF). pnas.org. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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