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Plasmodium inui

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Plasmodium inui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. inui
Binomial name
Plasmodium inui
Halberstaedter and von Prowazek, 1907

Plasmodium inui is a species of parasite, one of the species of simian Plasmodium that cause malaria in Old World monkeys.

History

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This species was described in 1907 by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek.

Epidemiology

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This species is found in China[1] and also the Celebes, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Phylogenetics

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It is closely related to other 'quartan' Plasmodium species, including Plasmodium coatneyi, Plasmodium cynomolgi, Plasmodium fragile, Plasmodium fieldi, Plasmodium hylobati, Plasmodium simiovale and Plasmodium vivax (which is a 'tertian' Plasmodium species).[2] [3]

Vectors

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Hosts

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References

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  1. ^ Huang Y, Yang Z, Putaporntip C, Miao M, Wei H, Zou C, Jongwutiwes S, Cui L. (2010) Isolation and identification of a South China strain of Plasmodium inui from Macaca fascicularis. Vet Parasitol
  2. ^ Mitsui H, Arisue N, Sakihama N, et al. (January 2010). "Phylogeny of Asian primate malaria parasites inferred from apicoplast genome-encoded genes with special emphasis on the positions of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium fragile". Gene. 450 (1–2): 32–8. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2009.10.001. PMID 19818838.
  3. ^ Kissinger JC, Collins WE, Li J, McCutchan TF (April 1998). "Plasmodium inui is not closely related to other quartan Plasmodium species". J. Parasitol. 84 (2): 278–82. doi:10.2307/3284482. JSTOR 3284482. PMID 9576499.