Plasmodium anomaluri
Appearance
Plasmodium anomaluri | |
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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. anomaluri
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium anomaluri Pringle, 1960
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Plasmodium anomaluri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. anomaluri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.[1]
Taxonomy
The parasite was first described by Pringle in 1960.[2]
Distribution
This species is found in Tanzania.[citation needed]
Vectors
Not known.
Hosts
This species infects African flying squirrels (Anomalurus fraseri orientalis).[citation needed]
References
- ^ Schaer, Juliane; Perkins, Susan L.; Decher, Jan; Leendertz, Fabian H.; Fahr, Jakob; Weber, Natalie; Matuschewski, Kai (2013-10-22). "High diversity of West African bat malaria parasites and a tight link with rodent Plasmodium taxa". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (43): 17415–17419. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11017415S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1311016110. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3808598. PMID 24101466.
- ^ Pringle G (1960) Two new malaria parasites from East African vertebrates. Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg Trans 54(5) 411-414