Plasmodium anomaluri explained

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).

Notes and 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 . 10.1073/pnas.1311016110 . free . 0027-8424 . 3808598 . 24101466. 2013PNAS..11017415S .
  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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