Plasmodium ovale curtisi

Plasmodium ovale curtisi
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. ovalecurtisi
Binomial name
Plasmodium ovalecurtisi
Snounou et al., 2024

Plasmodium ovalecurtisi is a species of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans. The species was described in 2010 when it was established that the two species of Plasmodium ovale, while morphologically identical are genetically distinct.[1][2]

Epidemiology

P. ovalecurtisi has been identified in Ghana, Myanmar, Nigeria, São Tomé, Sierra Leone and Uganda.

Clinical features

Clinical features for P. ovalecurtisi are described in the article on Plasmodium ovale.

Phylogenetics

This species separated from its closest known relative, Plasmodium ovalewallikeri, between 1.0 and 3.5 million years ago.

References

  1. ^ Sutherland CJ, Tanomsing N, Nolder D, Oguike M, Jennison C, Pukrittayakamee S, Dolecek C, Hien TT, do Rosário VE, Arez AP, Pinto J, Michon P, Escalante AA, Nosten F, Burke M, Lee R, Blaze M, Otto TD, Barnwell JW, Pain A, Williams J, White NJ, Day NP, Snounou G, Lockhart PJ, Chiodini PL, Imwong M, Polley SD (2010). "Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally". J Infect Dis. 201 (10): 1544–50. doi:10.1086/652240. PMID 20380562.
  2. ^ Snounou, Georges; Sharp, Paul M.; Culleton, Richard (2024-01). "The two parasite species formerly known as Plasmodium ovale". Trends in Parasitology. 40 (1): 21–27. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.004. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)