Plasmodium inui
Plasmodium inui is a species of parasite, one of the species of simian Plasmodium that cause malaria in Old World monkeys.
| Plasmodium inui | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. inui |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium inui Halberstaedter and von Prowazek, 1907 | |
History
This species was described in 1907 by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek.
Epidemiology
This species is found in China[1] 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).[2] [3]
Life cycle
The life cycle is typical of a species of the genus Plasmodium.
It has a 72-hour (or quartan) periodicity.
Salivary gland sporozoites appear in Anopheles dirus 13 days post feeding.
The prepatent period in the vertebrate host is 8 days.
Vectors
Hosts
- Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)
- long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
References
- 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. PMID 9576499.