Plasmodium_traguli

<i>Plasmodium traguli</i>

Plasmodium traguli

Species of single-celled organism

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]

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Taxonomy

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

Distribution

This parasite is found in Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Vectors

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

Mansonia crassipes may be a vector.

Hosts

This species infects the mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus).

References

  1. [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.


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