Domain Eukarya | Order Haemosporida Rank Species | |
Similar Plasmodium cynomolgi, Plasmodium knowlesi, Hepatocystis | ||
Plasmodium inui is a species of parasite, one of the species of simian Plasmodium that cause malaria in Old World monkeys.
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History
This species was described in 1907 by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek.
Epidemiology
This species is found in China and also the Celebes, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Phylogenetics
It is closely related to other 'quartan' Plasmodium species, including Plasmodium coatneyi, Plasmodium cynomolgi, Plasmodium fragile, Plasmodium fieldi, Plasmodium hylobati, Plasmodium simiovale and Plasmodium vivax (which is a 'tertian' Plasmodium species).
Life cycle
The life cycle is typical of a species of the Plasmodium genus.
It has a 72-hour (or quartan) periodicity.
Salivary gland sporozoites appear in Anopheles dirus 13 days post feeding.
The prepatent period in the vertebrate host is 8 days.