''Plasmodium inui'' is a species of

parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...

, one of the species of simian ''

Plasmodium ''Plasmodium'' is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects. The life cycles of ''Plasmodium'' species involve development in a blood-feeding insect host which then injects parasites into a ver ...

'' that cause

malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. S ...

Old World monkey Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...

History

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

Epidemiology

This species is found in ChinaHuang 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 and also the

Celebes Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sul ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

and the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Phylogenetics

It is closely related to other 'quartan' ''Plasmodium'' species, including ''

Plasmodium coatneyi ''Plasmodium coatneyi'' is a parasitic species that is an agent of malaria in nonhuman primates. ''P. coatneyi'' occurs in Southeast Asia. The natural host of this species is the rhesus macaque (''Macaca mulatta'') and crab-eating macaque (''Mac ...

'', ''

Plasmodium cynomolgi ''Plasmodium cynomolgi'' is an apicomplexan parasite that infects mosquitoes and Asian Old World monkeys. In recent years, a number of natural infections of humans have also been documented. This species has been used as a model for human ''Plas ...

'', '' Plasmodium fragile'', '' Plasmodium fieldi'', '' Plasmodium hylobati'', '' Plasmodium simiovale'' and ''

Plasmodium vivax ''Plasmodium vivax'' is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen. This parasite is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria. Although it is less virulent than ''Plasmodium falciparum'', the deadliest of the five huma ...

'' (which is a 'tertian' ''Plasmodium'' species).

Life cycle

The life cycle is typical of a species of the genus ''Plasmodium''. 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 macaques ('' Macaca assamensis'') * long tailed macaques (''

Macaca fascicularis The crab-eating macaque (''Macaca fascicularis''), also known as the long-tailed macaque and referred to as the cynomolgus monkey in laboratories, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. A species of macaque, the crab-eating macaque ...

'')

References

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