Plasmodium anomaluri
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. anomaluri
Binomial name
Plasmodium anomaluri
Pringle, 1960

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.

Vectors

Not known.

Hosts

This species infects African flying squirrels (Anomalurus fraseri orientalis).

References

  1. 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.
  2. Pringle G (1960) Two new malaria parasites from East African vertebrates. Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg Trans 54(5) 411-414


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