Plasmodium relictum

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Plasmodium relictum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Haemamoeba
Species:
P. relictum
Binomial name
Plasmodium relictum
Grassi & Feletti, 1891
Synonyms
  • Haemamoeba majoris Laveran, 1902 (partim)[1]
  • Haemamoeba relicta Grassi and Feletti, 1891[1]
  • Haemoproteus alaudae Celli and Sanfelice, 1891 (partim)[1]
  • Plasmodium alaudae (Celli and Sanfelice, 1891) emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium biziurae (Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd, 1910) emend. Coatney and Roudabush, 1936[1]
  • Plasmodium capistrani Russell, 1932[1]
  • Plasmodium chloropsidis Mello, 1935[1]
  • Plasmodium grassii Labbé, 1894, emend. Coatney and Roudabush, 1936[1]
  • Plasmodium inconstans Hartman, 1927[1]
  • Plasmodium maior Raffaele, 1930[1]
  • Plasmodium majoris Lühe, 1906[1]
  • Plasmodium muniae (Das Gupta and Siddons, 1941) emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium paddae Brumpt, 1935[2][1]
  • Plasmodium passeris Johnston and Cleland, 1909[1]
  • Plasmodium pericrocoti Chakravarty and Kar, 1945[1]
  • Plasmodium ploceii Chakravarty and Kar, 1945[1]
  • Plasmodium praecox var. muniae Das Gupta and Siddons, 1941[1]
  • Plasmodium relictum biziurae Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd, 1910, emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium relictum capistranoae Russell, 1932, emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium relictum spheniscidae Fantham and Porter, 1944, emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium relictum var. spheniscidae Fantham and Porter, 1944[1]
  • Proteosoma biziurae Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd, 1910[1]
  • Proteosoma grassii Labbé, 1894[1]

Plasmodium relictum is a species in the genus Plasmodium, subgenus Haemamoeba.

It is a

parasite, and the most common cause of malaria in birds.[3]

Like all Plasmodium species, P. relictum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.[3]

Distribution

P. relictum is geographically widespread, and is the most widespread malaria parasite of birds.[2] Climate change is broadening its distribution further and is expected to continue to do so, including into higher elevations.[3]

Hosts

Avian

P. relictum infects a wide variety of birds including birds from various

Spheniscus magellanicus (Magellanic penguins).[4][5]: 89 : 595 : 596  Experimental attempts to infect owls were not successful, suggesting owls may not be susceptible to P. relictum.[2]

Vector

Culex quinquefasciatus, Cu. stigmatosoma and Cu. tarsalis.[1][3]

References

  1. ^
    Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International
    ). 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780203643792
    .
  3. ^
    S2CID 1885904
    .
  4. S2CID 18213564
    .
  5. OCLC 70294116
    .

Further reading

External links
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