Plasmodium inui

Plasmodium inui
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemosporida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. inui
Binomial name
Plasmodium inui

Plasmodium inui is a protozoan parasite, one of the species of simian Plasmodium that cause malaria in Old World monkeys.

History

This species was described in 1907 by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek.

Epidemiology

This species is found in China^[1] and also the Celebes, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Phylogenetics

It is closely related to other 'quartan' Plasmodium species, including Plasmodium coatneyi, Plasmodium cynomolgi, Plasmodium fragile, Plasmodium fieldi, Plasmodium hylobati, Plasmodium simiovale and Plasmodium vivax (which is a 'tertian' Plasmodium species).^{[2] [3]}

Life cycle

The life cycle is typical of a species of the Plasmodium genus.

It has a 72-hour (or quartan) periodicity.

Salivary gland sporozoites appear in Anopheles dirus 13 days post feeding.

The prepatent period in the vertebrate host is 8 days.

Vectors

• Anopheles dirus

Hosts

• Assamese macques (Macaca assamensis)
• long tailed macques (Macaca fascicularis)

References

1. Huang Y, Yang Z, Putaporntip C, Miao M, Wei H, Zou C, Jongwutiwes S, Cui L. (2010) Isolation and identification of a South China strain of Plasmodium inui from Macaca fascicularis. Vet Parasitol
2. Mitsui H, Arisue N, Sakihama N, et al. (January 2010). "Phylogeny of Asian primate malaria parasites inferred from apicoplast genome-encoded genes with special emphasis on the positions of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium fragile". Gene 450 (1-2): 32–8. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2009.10.001. PMID 19818838.
3. Kissinger JC, Collins WE, Li J, McCutchan TF (April 1998). "Plasmodium inui is not closely related to other quartan Plasmodium species". J. Parasitol. 84 (2): 278–82. doi:10.2307/3284482. PMID 9576499.