Plasmodium durae

Plasmodium durae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Protista
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemosporida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. durae
Binomial name
	Plasmodium durae;

Plasmodium durae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. durae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Description[]

The parasite was first described by Herman in 1941.^[1]

Mature gametocytes tend to lie obliquely within the host cell, displace the nucleus to one pole of the cell and possess one or more clumps of clear pigment granules.

Systematics[]

It is related to the following species:

Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium fallax

Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium hegneri

Plasmodium pinotti
Plasmodium polare

Geographical occurrence[]

This species is found in the United States of America and South Africa.

Clinical features and host pathology[]

Hosts of this species include domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) and Swainson's Francolin ().

References[]

^ Herman C. M. (1941) Plasmodium durae, a new species of malaria parasite from the common turkey. Am. J. Epidemiol. 34, 22-26