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Plasmodium durae

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Plasmodium durae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
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

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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

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It is related to the following species:

Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium pinotti
Plasmodium polare

Geographical occurrence

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This species is found in the United States of America and South Africa.

Clinical features and host pathology

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Hosts of this species include domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) and Swainson's Francolin (Francolinus swainsoni).

References

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  1. ^ Herman C. M. (1941) Plasmodium durae, a new species of malaria parasite from the common turkey. Am. J. Epidemiol. 34, 22-26

Further reading

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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.