Plasmodium traguli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. traguli
Binomial name
Plasmodium traguli
Garnham and Edeson, 1962

Plasmodium traguli is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. traguli has both vertebrate and insect hosts. This particular species infects mouse deer in Southeast Asia.[1]

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Garnham and Edeson in 1962.

Distribution

This parasite is found in Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Vectors

Anopheles baezai, Anopheles letifer, Anopheles maculatus, Anopheles roperi and Anopheles umbrosus are known vectors.

Mansonia crassipes may be a vector.

Hosts

This species infects the mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus).

References

  1. ^ R. H. Wharton; Don. E. Eyles; M. Warren; D. E. Moorhouse; A. A. Sandosham (1963). "Investigations leading to the Identification of Members of the Anopheles umbrosus group as the Probable Vectors of Mouse Deer Malaria". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 29 (3): 357–374. PMC 2554979. PMID 14058228.


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