Vinckeia
Subgenus of single-celled organisms
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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  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | 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 — insectivorous bat species
- Plasmodium aegyptensis — African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)[4]
- Plasmodium anomaluri — African flying squirrel (Anomalurus species)
- Plasmodium atheruri — African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus), Large vesper mouse (Calomys callosus) and Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), Anopheles stephensi
- Plasmodium berghei — the African woodland thicket rat (Grammomys surdaster), Anopheles stephensi
- Plasmodium booliati — the Malayan giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista[5][6]: 51,69
- Plasmodium bouillize
- Plasmodium brodeni — four-toed elephant shrews (Petrodromus tetradactylus)
- Plasmodium bubalis — water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
- Plasmodium bucki
- Plasmodium caprae — domestic goat (Capra hircus)
- Plasmodium cephalophi — the antelope (Cephalophus grimmi) and the common duiker/grey duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)[7]
- Plasmodium cercopitheci
- Plasmodium chabaudi — Anopheles stephensi
- Plasmodium coulangesi
- Plasmodium cyclopsi — the Cyclops roundleaf bat (Hipposideros cyclops)[8]
- Plasmodium foleyi
- Plasmodium girardi
- Plasmodium incertae — flying squirrel
- Plasmodium inopinatum
- Plasmodium joyeuxi
- Plasmodium landauae — African flying squirrels (Anomalurus species)
- Plasmodium lemuris
- Plasmodium melanipherum — the common bent-wing bat/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 — mouse deer
- Plasmodium tyrio — the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
- Plasmodium uilenbergi
- Plasmodium vinckei – rodents
- Plasmodium voltaicum — the Angolan rousette (a fruit bat, Myonycteris angolensis/Rousettus smithi)
- Plasmodium watteni — Formosan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista grandis)[9][6]: 69
- Plasmodium yoelii — Anopheles stephensi
Evolutionary history
Sharp et al 2020[10] reanalyze the available amino acid substitution data and conclude that chabaudi, yoelii, and berghei cluster relatively close together. Further they find chabaudi split off first and the berghei/yoelii division is more recent.[10]
By host
Murine malaria
Murine malaria – malaria in mice – is caused by P. berghei, P. chabaudi, P. vinckei and P. yoelii. Some strains produce cerebral malaria and some do not.[11]