Plasmodium traguli
| Plasmodium traguli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. traguli
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium traguli Garnham and Edeson, 1962
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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[edit]
The parasite was first described by Garnham and Edeson in 1962.
Distribution[edit]
This parasite is found in Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
Vectors[edit]
Anopheles baezai, Anopheles letifer, Anopheles maculatus, Anopheles roperi and Anopheles umbrosus are known vectors.
Mansonia crassipes may be a vector.
Hosts[edit]
This species infects the mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus).
References[edit]
- ^ 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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