Plasmodium inui
| Plasmodium inui | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. inui
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium inui Halberstaedter and von Prowazek, 1907
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Plasmodium inui is a species of parasite, one of the species of simian Plasmodium that cause malaria in Old World monkeys.
History[edit]
This species was described in 1907 by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek.
Epidemiology[edit]
This species is found in China[1] and also the Celebes, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Phylogenetics[edit]
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[edit]
Hosts[edit]
- Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)
- long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.