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Plasmodium inui

Species of single-celled organism

Species of single-celled organism

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

History

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

Epidemiology

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

Phylogenetics

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).

Vectors

  • Anopheles dirus

Hosts

  • Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)
  • long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

References

References

  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. (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.
  3. (April 1998). "Plasmodium inui is not closely related to other quartan Plasmodium species". J. Parasitol..
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