Plasmodium billcollinsi

Plasmodium billcollinsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. It has been observed in chimpanzees in Central Africa.[1] The parasite is named in honour of the distinguished malariologist William E. Collins.[2]

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

Description

Both Plasmodium billcollinsi and Plasmodium billbrayi, were suggested based on mtDNA and nuclear gene sequences, in addition to having been obtained from chimpanzee samples.[3] Plasmodium billcollinsi is located at the root between P. falciparum and P. reichenowi.[4]

Geographical occurrence

Analysis made on 1,261 samples revealed that at least six Plasmodium species circulate in great apes in Gabon, with P. billcollinsi being found faecal samples from 791 chimpanzees.[5]

Host pathology

Along with P. reichenowi, P. billbrayi and P. gaboni, P. billcollinsi infects with malaria to only chimpanzees.[6] The parasite has been found in at least three subspecies: P. t. verus, P. t. troglodytes, and P. t. schweinfurthii.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Malaria Parasites". malaria.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Krief; Escalante, Ananias A.; Pacheco, M. Andreina; Mugisha, Lawrence; André, Claudine; Halbwax, Michel; Fischer, Anne; Krief, Jean-Michel; Kasenene, John M.; Crandfield, Mike; Cornejo, Omar E.; Chavatte, Jean-Marc; Lin, Clara; Letourneur, Franck; Grüner, Anne Charlotte; McCutchan, Thomas F.; Rénia, Laurent; Snounou, Georges. "On the Diversity of Malaria Parasites in African Apes and the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos".
  3. ↑ Liu, Weimin; Sundararaman, Sesh A.; Loy, Dorothy E.; Learn, Gerald H.; Li, Yingying; Plenderleith, Lindsey J.; Ndjango, Jean-Bosco N.; Speede, Sheri; Atencia, Rebeca; Cox, Debby; Shaw, George M.; Ayouba, Ahidjo; Peeters, Martine; Rayner, Julian C.; Hahn, Beatrice H.; Sharp, Paul M. "Multigenomic Delineation of Plasmodium Species of the Laverania Subgenus Infecting Wild-Living Chimpanzees and Gorillas". PMC 4943199. PMID 27289102.
  4. 1 2 Prugnolle, Franck; Durand, Patrick; Ollomo, Benjamin; Duval, Linda; Ariey, Frédéric; Arnathau, Céline; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul; Leroy, Eric; Renaud, François. "A Fresh Look at the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the Most Malignant Malaria Agent". PMC 3044689.
  5. ↑ Boundenga, Larson; Ollomo, Benjamin; Rougeron, Virginie; Yacka Mouele, Lauriane; Mve-Ondo, Bertrand; Delicat-Loembet, Lucrèce M; Moukodoum, Nancy Diamella; Okouga, Alain Prince; Arnathau, Céline; Elguero, Eric; Durand, Patrick; Liégeois, Florian; Boué, Vanina; Motsch, Peggy; Le Flohic, Guillaume; Ndoungouet, Alphonse; Paupy, Christophe; Ba, Cheikh Tidiane; Renaud, Francois; Prugnolle, Franck. "Diversity of malaria parasites in great apes in Gabon". doi:10.1186/s12936-015-0622-6.
  6. ↑ Ngoubangoye, B; Boundenga, L; Arnathau, C; Mombo, IM; Durand, P; Tsoumbou, TA; Otoro, BV; Sana, R; Okouga, AP; Moukodoum, N; Willaume, E; Herbert, A; Fouchet, D; Rougeron, V; Bâ, CT; Ollomo, B; Paupy, C; Leroy, EM; Renaud, F; Pontier, D; Prugnolle, F. "The host specificity of ape malaria parasites can be broken in confined environments". doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.06.004. PMID 27486075.
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