Plasmodium billcollinsi explained

Plasmodium billcollinsi is a species of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Laverania.

It is a parasitic protozoan found in chimpanzees in Central Africa.[1] The parasite is named in honour of the malariologist William E. Collins.[2]

Taxonomy

Both P. billcollinsi and P. billbrayi were suggested based on mtDNA and nuclear gene sequences, in addition to having been obtained from chimpanzee samples.[3] Plasmodium billcollinsi is located at the root between P. falciparum and P. reichenowi.[4]

Distribution

Analysis made on 1,261 samples revealed that at least six Plasmodium species circulate in great apes in Gabon, with P. billcollinsi being found faecal samples from 791 chimpanzees.[5]

Hosts

Along with P. reichenowi, P. billbrayi and P. gaboni, P. billcollinsi infects with malaria to only chimpanzees.[6] The parasite has been found in at least three subspecies: P. t. verus, P. t. troglodytes, and P. t. schweinfurthii.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Malaria Parasites. malaria.com. 27 November 2017.
  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. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000765. 20169187. 6. 2820532. February 2010. PLOS Pathog.. 2. e1000765 . free .
  3. Liu. Weimin. Sundararaman. Sesh A.. Loy. Dorothy E.. Learn. Gerald H.. Li. Yingying. Plenderleith. Lindsey J.. Ndjango. Jean-Bosco N.. Speede. Sheri. Atencia. Rebeca. Cox. Debby. Shaw. George M.. Ayouba. Ahidjo. Peeters. Martine. Rayner. Julian C.. Hahn. Beatrice H.. Sharp. Paul M.. Multigenomic Delineation of Plasmodium Species of the Laverania Subgenus Infecting Wild-Living Chimpanzees and Gorillas.. 27289102. 4943199. 10.1093/gbe/evw128. 8. 2016. Genome Biol Evol. 6. 1929–39.
  4. 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. 3044689. 21383971. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001283. 7. February 2011. PLOS Pathog.. 2. e1001283 . free .
  5. Boundenga. Larson. Ollomo. Benjamin. Rougeron. Virginie. Yacka Mouele. Lauriane. Mve-Ondo. Bertrand. Delicat-Loembet. Lucrèce M. Moukodoum. Nancy Diamella. Okouga. Alain Prince. Arnathau. Céline. Elguero. Eric. Durand. Patrick. Liégeois. Florian. Boué. Vanina. Motsch. Peggy. Le Flohic. Guillaume. Ndoungouet. Alphonse. Paupy. Christophe. Ba. Cheikh Tidiane. Renaud. Francois. Prugnolle. Franck. Diversity of malaria parasites in great apes in Gabon. 10.1186/s12936-015-0622-6. 4364493. 25889049. 14. 2015. Malar J. 111 . free .
  6. Ngoubangoye. B. Boundenga. L. Arnathau. C. Mombo. IM. Durand. P. Tsoumbou. TA. Otoro. BV. Sana. R. Okouga. AP. Moukodoum. N. Willaume. E. Herbert. A. Fouchet. D. Rougeron. V. Bâ. CT. Ollomo. B. Paupy. C. Leroy. EM. Renaud. F. Pontier. D. Prugnolle. F. The host specificity of ape malaria parasites can be broken in confined environments.. 10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.06.004. 27486075. 46. 2016. Int J Parasitol. 11. 737–44.

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