Plasmodium traguli

Plasmodium traguli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Supergroup:	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.

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Garnham and Edeson in 1962.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

This parasite is found in Malaysia and Sri Lanka.^{[citation needed]}

Vectors

Anopheles baezai, Anopheles letifer, Anopheles maculatus, Anopheles roperi and Anopheles umbrosus are known vectors.^{[citation needed]}

Mansonia crassipes may be a vector.

Hosts

This species infects the mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus).^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ 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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[wharton-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.