Plasmodium traguli

Plasmodium traguli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Infrakingdom:	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.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

The parasite was first described by Garnham and Edeson in 1962.

Distribution[]

This parasite is found in Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Vectors[]

, , , and are known vectors.

Mansonia crassipes may be a vector.

Hosts[]

This species infects the mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus).

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: 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: 357–374. PMC 2554979. PMID 14058228.

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