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Plasmodium traguli

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Plasmodium traguli
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. traguli
Binomial name
Plasmodium traguli
Garnham and Edeson, 1962

Plasmodium traguli is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. traguli has both vertebrate and insect hosts. This particular species infects mouse deer in Southeast Asia.[1]

Taxonomy

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The parasite was first described by Garnham and Edeson in 1962.

Distribution

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This parasite is found in Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Vectors

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Anopheles baezai, Anopheles letifer, Anopheles maculatus, Anopheles roperi and Anopheles umbrosus are known vectors.

Mansonia crassipes may be a vector.

Hosts

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This species infects the mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus).

References

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  1. ^ R. H. Wharton; Don. E. Eyles; M. Warren; D. E. Moorhouse; A. A. Sandosham (1963). "Investigations leading to the Identification of Members of the Anopheles umbrosus group as the Probable Vectors of Mouse Deer Malaria". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 29 (3): 357–374. PMC 2554979. PMID 14058228.