Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium durae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. durae
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium durae Herman, 1941
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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:
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.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]Hosts of this species include domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) and Swainson's Francolin (Francolinus swainsoni).
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.