Vinckeia

Vinckeia is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium — all of which are parasitic alveolates. The subgenus Vinckeia was created by Cyril Garnham in 1964 to accommodate the mammalian parasites other than those infecting the primates.[1][2]

Vinckeia
Scientific classification
(unranked): Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenus: Vinckeia

Diagnostic features

Species in this subgenus infect mammals other than the higher primates. Species infecting lemurs have since been included in this subgenus. This classification may not be correct.[3]

Schizonts: These do not fill the erythrocyte and do not show true stippling. They give rise normally to 8 or fewer merozoites. Schizogony normally takes three days or less.

Merozoites:

Gametocytes: These are spherical

Species in this subgenus

The following is a list of species in subgenus Vinckeia and their hosts.

Plasmodium achromaticum — the bat (Achromaticatus vesperuginis)
Plasmodium aegyptensis — Egyptian grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)[4]
Plasmodium anomaluri — African flying squirrel (Anomalurus species)
Plasmodium atheruri — African porcupine (Atherurus africanus), large vesper mouse (Calomys callosus) and Meriones unguiculatus, Anopheles stephensi
Plasmodium berghei — the thicket rat (Grammomys surdaster), Anopheles stephensi
Plasmodium booliati — Malayan giant flying squirrel[5]
Plasmodium bouillize
Plasmodium brodeni — elephant shrews (Petrodomus teradactylus)
Plasmodium bubalis — water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
Plasmodium bucki
Plasmodium caprae — domestic goat (Capra hircus)
Plasmodium cephalophi — the antelope (Cephalophus grimmi) and the grey duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)[6]
Plasmodium cercopitheci
Plasmodium chabaudi — Anopheles stephensi
Plasmodium coulangesi
Plasmodium cyclopsi — the bat (Hipposideros cyclops)[7]
Plasmodium foleyi
Plasmodium girardi
Plasmodium incertae — flying squirrel
Plasmodium inopinatum
Plasmodium joyeuxi
Plasmodium landauae — African flying squirrel (Anomalurus species)
Plasmodium lemuris
Plasmodium melanipherum — Schreibers' bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)
Plasmodium narayani
Plasmodium odocoilei — white tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Plasmodium percygarnhami
Plasmodium pulmophilium — African flying squirrel (Anomalurus species)
Plasmodium sandoshami — the Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus)
Plasmodium semnopitheci
Plasmodium traguli — the mouse deer
Plasmodium tyrio — the pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
Plasmodium uilenbergi
Plasmodium vinckei
Plasmodium voltaicum — the fruit bat (Roussettus smithi)
Plasmodium watteni — Formosan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista grandis)[8]
Plasmodium yoelii — Anopheles stephensi

References
  1. Garnham, P.C.C. (1964). "The subgenera of Plasmodium in mammals" (PDF). Ann Soc Belges Med Trop Parasitol Mycol. 44 (2): 267–71. PMID 14237568.
  2. Garnham, P.C.C. (1966). Malaria parasites and other Haemosporidia. Blackwell Scientific. OCLC 602883318.
  3. Pacheco MA, Battistuzzi FU, Junge RE, Cornejo OE, Williams CV, Landau I, Rabetafika L, Snounou G, Jones-Engel L, Escalante AA (2011). "Timing the origin of human malarias: the lemur puzzle". BMC Evol. Biol. 11: 299. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-299. PMC 3228831. PMID 21992100.
  4. Abd-el-Aziz GA, Landau I, Miltgen F (1975). "[Description of Plasmodium aegyptensis n. sp., presumed parasite of the Muridae Arvicanthis noloticus in Upper Egypt]". Ann Parasitol Hum Comp (in French). 50 (4): 419–24. doi:10.1051/parasite/1975504419. PMID 1211772.
  5. Sandosham AA, Yap LF, Omar I (1965). "A malaria parasite, Plasmodium (Vinckeia) booliati sp.nov., from a Malayan giant flying squirrel". Med J Malaya. 20 (1): 3–7. PMID 4221411.
  6. Keymer IF (1966). "Studies on Plasmodium (Vinckeia) cephalophi of the grey duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)". Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 60 (2): 129–38. doi:10.1080/00034983.1966.11686396. PMID 5962467.
  7. Landau I, Chabaud AG (1978). "[Description of P. cyclopsi n. sp. a parasite of the microchiropteran bat Hipposideros cyclops in Gabon]" (PDF). Ann Parasitol Hum Comp (in French). 53 (3): 247–53. doi:10.1051/parasite/1978533247. PMID 697287.
  8. Lien JC, Cross JH (1968). "Plasmodium (Vinckeia) watteni sp. n. from the Formosan giant flying squirrel, Petaurista petaurista grandis". J. Parasitol. 54 (6): 1171–4. doi:10.2307/3276986. JSTOR 3276986. PMID 5757690.
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