- Plasmodium species infecting mammals other than primates
The subgenus "
Vinckeia " of "Plasmodium " was created byGarnham to accommodate the mammalian parasites other than those infecting primates. Species infecting lemurs have also been included in this subgenus. "P. aegyptensis", "P. bergei", "P. chabaudi", "P. inopinatum", "P. yoelli" and "P. vinckei" infectrodents . "P. bergei", "P. chabaudi", "P. yoelli" and "P. vinckei" have been used to study malarial infections in thelaboratory . Other members of this subgenus infect othermammal ian hosts.Taxobox
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regnum =Protista
phylum =Apicomplexa
classis =Aconoidasida
ordo =Haemosporida
familia =Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium "
subdivision_ranks = Species
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*"Plasmodium aegyptensis "
*"Plasmodium atheruri "
*"Plasmodium berghei "
*"Plasmodium booliati "
*"Plasmodium brodeni "
*"Plasmodium bubalis "
*"Plasmodium caprae "
*"Plasmodium cephalophi "
*"Plasmodium chabaudi "
*"Plasmodium cyclopsi "
*"Plasmodium inopinatum "
*"Plasmodium odocoilei "
*"Plasmodium sandoshami "
*"Plasmodium traguli "
*"Plasmodium tyrio "
*"Plasmodium vinckei "
*"Plasmodium voltaicum "
*"Plasmodium watteni "
*"Plasmodium yoelli "Host records
*"P. aegyptensis" -Egypt ian grass rat ("Arvicanthis niloticus ") Abd-el-Aziz GA, Landau I, and Miltgen F. (1975) Description of "Plasmodium aegyptensis" n. sp., presumed parasite of the Muridae "Arvicanthis noloticus" in Upper Egypt. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 50(4):419-424.]
*"P. atheruri" -Africa nporcupine ("Atherurus africanus "), large vespermouse ("Calomys callosus ") and "Meriones unguiculatus "
*"P. berghei" - the thicket rat ("Grammomys surdaster ")
*"P. booliati" -Malayan giant flying squirrel Sandosham A.A., Yap L.F., Omar I. (1965) A malaria parasite, "Plasmodium (Vinckeia) booliati" sp. nov., from a Malayan giant flying squirrel. Med. J. Malaya. 20(1):3-7]
*"P. brodeni" - elephant shrews ("Petrodomus teradactylus ")
*"P. bubalis" -water buffalo es ("Bubalus bubalis ")
*"P. caprae" - domesticgoat ("Capra hircus ")
*"P. cephalophi" - the antelope ("Cephalophus grimmi ") and the greyduiker ("Sylvicapra grimmia ")Keymer IF. (1966) Studies on " plasmodium="" (vinckeia)="" cephalophi"="" of="" the="" grey="" duiker="" ("sylvicapra="" grimmia").="" ann.="" trop.="" med.="" parasitol.="" 60(2):129-138="" <="" i="">]
*"P. cyclopsi" - thebat ("Hipposideros cyclops ") Landau I, and Chabaud AG. (1978) Description of "P. cyclopsi" n. sp. a parasite of the microchiropteran bat "Hipposideros cyclops" in Gabon. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 53(3):247-253.]
*"P. odocoilei" -white tailed deer ("Odocoileus virginianus ")
*"P. sandoshami" - the Sunda flying lemur ("Galeopterus variegatus ")
*"P. traguli" - themouse deer
*"P. tyrio" - the anteater ("Manus pentadactyla ")
*"P. voltaicum" - the fruit bat ("Roussettus smithi ")
*"P. watteni" -Formosa n giant flying squirrel ("Petaurista petaurista grandis ")Lien J.C., Cross J.H. (1968) " plasmodium="" (vinckeia)="" watteni"="" sp.="" n.="" from="" the="" formosan="" giant="" flying="" squirrel,="" "petaurista="" petaurista="" grandis".="" j.="" parasitol.="" 54(6):1171-1174="" <="" i="">]Subspecies
*"P. berghei" - "P. berghei yoelii"
*"P. chabaudi" - "P. chabaudi adami" and "P. chabaudi chabaudi"
*"P. melanipherum" - "P. melanipherum monosoma"
*"P. vinkei" - "P. vinckei brucechwatti", "P. vinckei petteri" and "P. vinckei vinckei".
*"P. yoellii" - "P. yoelli nigeriensis" and "P. yoelli yoelli".Less well documented species
The species listed here from taken from Courtney and Roudabush Coatney G.R., Roudabush R. L. (1936) A catalog and host-index of the genus "Plasmodium". J. Parasitol. 22 (4) 338-353 ] should be regarded as dubious at least until such time as additional confirmation can be established. "P. achromaticum" - the
bat ("Achromaticatus vesperuginis ") "P. brodini" - the jumpingrat ("Petrodromus tetradactylus ") "P. melanipherum" - Schreiber's bat ("Miniopterus schreibersi ") "P. melanipherum monosoma" - the bat ("Vesperugo abramus ") "P. murinum" - thebat ("Vespertilio murinus ")Vectors
*"Anopheles stephensi " - "P. atheruri", "P berghei", "P. chabaudi", "P. yoelii"References
Notes
*"Calomys callosus" seems unlikely to be a natural host for "P. atheruri" as "P. atheruri" is found inAfrica and "Calomys callosus" inSouth America .
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