Plasmodium species infecting mammals other than primates

The subgenus "Vinckeia" of "Plasmodium" was created by Garnham 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" infect rodents. "P. bergei", "P. chabaudi", "P. yoelli" and "P. vinckei" have been used to study malarial infections in the laboratory. Other members of this subgenus infect other mammalian hosts.

Taxobox
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regnum = Protista
phylum = Apicomplexa
classis = Aconoidasida
ordo = Haemosporida
familia = Plasmodiidae
genus = "Plasmodium"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"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" - Egyptian 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" - African porcupine ("Atherurus africanus"), large vesper mouse ("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 buffaloes ("Bubalus bubalis")
*"P. caprae" - domestic goat ("Capra hircus")
*"P. cephalophi" - the antelope ("Cephalophus grimmi") and the grey duiker ("Sylvicapra grimmia")]
*"P. cyclopsi" - the bat ("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" - the mouse deer
*"P. tyrio" - the anteater ("Manus pentadactyla")
*"P. voltaicum" - the fruit bat ("Roussettus smithi")
*"P. watteni" - Formosan giant flying squirrel ("Petaurista petaurista grandis")]

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 jumping rat ("Petrodromus tetradactylus") "P. melanipherum" - Schreiber's bat ("Miniopterus schreibersi") "P. melanipherum monosoma" - the bat ("Vesperugo abramus") "P. murinum" - the bat ("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 in Africa and "Calomys callosus" in South America.