Plasmodium relictum

Plasmodium relictum is a species in the genus Plasmodium, subgenus Haemamoeba.

Plasmodium relictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromista
Subkingdom: Harosa
Infrakingdom: Halvaria
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. relictum
Binomial name
Plasmodium relictum
Grassi & Feletti, 1891
Synonyms
  • Haemamoeba majoris Laveran, 1902 (partim)[1]
  • Haemamoeba relicta Grassi and Feletti, 1891[1]
  • Haemoproteus alaudae Celli and Sanfelice, 1891 (partim)[1]
  • Plasmodium alaudae (Celli and Sanfelice, 1891) emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium biziurae (Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd, 1910) emend. Coatney and Roudabush, 1936[1]
  • Plasmodium capistrani Russell, 1932[1]
  • Plasmodium chloropsidis Mello, 1935[1]
  • Plasmodium grassii Labbé, 1894, emend. Coatney and Roudabush, 1936[1]
  • Plasmodium inconstans Hartman, 1927[1]
  • Plasmodium maior Raffaele, 1930[1]
  • Plasmodium majoris Lühe, 1906[1]
  • Plasmodium muniae (Das Gupta and Siddons, 1941) emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium paddae Brumpt, 1935[2][1]
  • Plasmodium passeris Johnston and Cleland, 1909[1]
  • Plasmodium pericrocoti Chakravarty and Kar, 1945[1]
  • Plasmodium ploceii Chakravarty and Kar, 1945[1]
  • Plasmodium praecox var. muniae Das Gupta and Siddons, 1941[1]
  • Plasmodium relictum biziurae Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd, 1910, emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium relictum capistranoae Russell, 1932, emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium relictum spheniscidae Fantham and Porter, 1944, emend. Garnham, 1966[1]
  • Plasmodium relictum var. spheniscidae Fantham and Porter, 1944[1]
  • Proteosoma biziurae Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd, 1910[1]
  • Proteosoma grassii Labbé, 1894[1]

It is a parasite, and the most common cause of malaria in birds.[3]

Like all Plasmodium species, P. relictum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.[3]

Distribution

P. relictum is geographically widespread, and is the most widespread malaria parasite of birds.[2] Climate change is broadening its distribution further and is expected to continue to do so, including into higher elevations.[3]

Hosts

Avian

P. relictum infects a wide variety of birds including birds from various orders. Infections in numerous wild birds and experimental animals have been described including partridges, canaries, chickens, ducks, pigeons[2] and Spheniscus magellanicus (Magellanic penguins).[4][5]: 89 : 595 : 596  Experimental attempts to infect owls were not successful, suggesting owls may not be susceptible to P. relictum.[2]

Vector

Culex quinquefasciatus, Cu. stigmatosoma and Cu. tarsalis.[1][3]

References
  1. "Plasmodium relictum". Invasive Species Compendium (ISC). CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International). 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. Valkiunas, Gediminas (28 October 2004). Avian Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. CRC Press. p. 592. ISBN 9780203643792.
  3. LaPointe, Dennis A.; Atkinson, Carter T.; Samuel, Michael D. (2012). "Ecology and conservation biology of avian malaria". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. NYAS (WB). 1249 (1): 211–226. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06431.x. ISSN 0077-8923. PMID 22320256. S2CID 1885904.
  4. Braga, Érika Martins; Silveira, Patricia; Belo, Nayara Oliveira; Valkiūnas, Gediminas (2011). "Recent advances in the study of avian malaria: an overview with an emphasis on the distribution of Plasmodium spp in Brazil". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. FapUNIFESP (SciELO). 106 (suppl 1): 3–11. doi:10.1590/s0074-02762011000900002. ISSN 0074-0276. S2CID 18213564.
  5. Valkiūnas, Gediminas (2005). Avian Malaria Parasites And Other Haemosporidia. Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. x+932+III Plates. ISBN 978-0-415-30097-1. OCLC 55066316. ISBN 978-0-203-64379-2. OCLC 70294116.

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