Plasmodium ovalecurtisi

Plasmodium ovalecurtisi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. ovalecurtisi
Binomial name
Plasmodium ovalecurtisi Sutherland et al. 2010

Plasmodium ovalecurtisi is a species of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans. The species was described in 2010 when it was established that the two species of Plasmodium ovale , while morphologically identical are genetically distinct. ^[1] . Originally given the trinomial name Plasmodium ovale curtisi, following further evidence for its distinct species status it was assigned the appropriate binomial nomenclature in 2024. ^[2]

Epidemiology

Plasmodium ovalecurtisi has been identified in Ghana, Myanmar, Nigeria, São Tomé, Sierra Leone and Uganda.

Clinical features

Clinical features for P. ovalecurtisi are described in the article on Plasmodium ovale .

Phylogenetics

This species separated from its closest known relative, Plasmodium ovalewallikeri , between 1.0 and 3.5 million years ago.

References

1. Sutherland CJ, Tanomsing N, Nolder D, Oguike M, Jennison C, Pukrittayakamee S, Dolecek C, Hien TT, do Rosário VE, Arez AP, Pinto J, Michon P, Escalante AA, Nosten F, Burke M, Lee R, Blaze M, Otto TD, Barnwell JW, Pain A, Williams J, White NJ, Day NP, Snounou G, Lockhart PJ, Chiodini PL, Imwong M, Polley SD (2010). "Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally". J Infect Dis. 201 (10): 1544–50. doi: 10.1086/652240 . PMID   20380562.
2. Snounou, Georges; Sharp, Paul M.; Culleton, Richard (January 2024). "The two parasite species formerly known as Plasmodium ovale" . Trends in Parasitology. 40 (1): 21–27. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.004.