Vinckeia

Vinckeia is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic protozoa. The subgenus Vinckeia was created by Garnham in 1964 to accommodate the mammalian parasites other than those infecting the primates.[1][2]

Plasmodium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Sar
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium

Diagnostic features

Species in this subgenus infect mammals other than the higher primates. Species infecting lemurs have since been included in this subgenus. This classification may not be correct.[3]

Schizonts: These do not fill the erythrocyte and do not show true stippling. They give rise normally to 8 or fewer merozoites. Schizongony normally takes three days or less.

Merozoites:

Gametocytes: These are spherical

Species in this subgenus

Plasmodium achromaticum
Plasmodium aegyptensis
Plasmodium anomaluri
Plasmodium atheruri
Plasmodium berghei
Plasmodium booliati
Plasmodium bouillize
Plasmodium brodeni
Plasmodium bubalis
Plasmodium bucki
Plasmodium cephalophi
Plasmodium cercopitheci
Plasmodium chabaudi
Plasmodium coulangesi
Plasmodium cyclopsi
Plasmodium foleyi
Plasmodium girardi
Plasmodium incertae
Plasmodium inopinatum
Plasmodium joyeuxi
Plasmodium landauae
Plasmodium lemuris
Plasmodium melanipherum
Plasmodium narayani
Plasmodium odocoilei
Plasmodium percygarnhami
Plasmodium pulmophilium
Plasmodium sandoshami
Plasmodium semnopitheci
Plasmodium traguli
Plasmodium tyrio
Plasmodium uilenbergi
Plasmodium vassali
Plasmodium vinckei
Plasmodium watteni
Plasmodium yoelii

References

  1. Garnham P.C. (1964) The subgenera of Plasmodium in mammals. Ann. Soc. belge Med. trop. 44 (2) 267-272
  2. Garnham P.C (1966) Malaria Parasites And Other Haemosporidia. Blackwell, Oxford
  3. Pacheco MA, Battistuzzi FU, Junge RE, Cornejo OE, Williams CV, Landau I, Rabetafika L, Snounou G, Jones-Engel L, Escalante AA (2011) Timing the origin of human malarias: the lemur puzzle. BMC Evol Biol 11(1):299
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