Plasmodium durae
| Plasmodium durae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. durae |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium durae Herman, 1941 | |
Plasmodium durae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. durae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Description
[edit]The parasite was first described by Herman in 1941.[1]
Mature gametocytes tend to lie obliquely within the host cell, displace the nucleus to one pole of the cell and possess one or more clumps of clear pigment granules.
Systematics
[edit]It is related to the following species:[citation needed][clarification needed]
Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium pinotti
Plasmodium polare
Geographical occurrence
[edit]This species is found in the United States of America and South Africa.[citation needed]
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]Hosts of this species include domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) and Swainson's Francolin (Francolinus swainsoni).[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ Herman C. M. (1941) Plasmodium durae, a new species of malaria parasite from the common turkey. Am. J. Epidemiol. 34, 22-26
Further reading
[edit]Laird, Marshall (1978). "Plasmodium duraeHerman from the Introduced Common Peafowl in Northern Nigeria". The Journal of Protozoology. 25 (1): 21–24. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1978.tb03857.x. PMID 660569.
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