Plasmodium billbrayi explained

Plasmodium billbrayi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Laverania.

P. billbrayi is phylogenetically very close to Plasmodium gaboni,^[1] with both sharing a recent common ancestor. The parasite is named in honour of the distinguished malariologist “Bill” Robert Stow Bray (1923–2008).^[2]

Taxonomy

Plasmodium billbrayi was first described along with Plasmodium billcollinsi by Krief et al. in February 2010, by sequencing the whole Plasmodium mitochondrial genome in chimpanzees.^[1]

Distribution

This species is found in East Africa.^[1]

Hosts

Plasmodium billbrayi infects common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii).^{[1] [3]}

See also

• List of Plasmodium species infecting primates

Notes and References

1. Prugnolle. Franck. Durand. Patrick. Ollomo. Benjamin. Duval. Linda. Ariey. Frédéric. Arnathau. Céline. Gonzalez. Jean-Paul. Leroy. Eric. Renaud. François. A Fresh Look at the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the Most Malignant Malaria Agent. PLOS Pathogens. 7. 2. e1001283. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001283. 21383971. 3044689. 2011 . free .
2. Krief. Escalante. Ananias A.. Pacheco. M. Andreina. Mugisha. Lawrence. André. Claudine. Halbwax. Michel. Fischer. Anne. Krief. Jean-Michel. Kasenene. John M.. Crandfield. Mike. Cornejo. Omar E.. Chavatte. Jean-Marc. Lin. Clara. Letourneur. Franck. Grüner. Anne Charlotte. McCutchan. Thomas F.. Rénia. Laurent. Snounou. Georges. On the Diversity of Malaria Parasites in African Apes and the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos. PLOS Pathogens. 6. 2. e1000765. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000765. 20169187. 2820532. 2010 . free .
3. Duval . Linda . Fourment . Mathieu . Nerrienet . Eric . Rousset . Dominique . Sadeuh . Serge A. . Goodman . Steven M. . Andriaholinirina . Nicole V. . Randrianarivelojosia . Milijaona . Paul . Richard E. . Robert . Vincent . Ayala . Francisco J. . Ariey . Frédéric . African apes as reservoirs of Plasmodium falciparum and the origin and diversification of the Laverania subgenus . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 8 June 2010 . 107 . 23 . 10561–10566 . 10.1073/pnas.1005435107 . 20498054 . 2890828 . 2010PNAS..10710561D . free .