Plasmodium inui

Plasmodium inui is a species of parasite, one of the species of simian Plasmodium that cause malaria in Old World monkeys.

Plasmodium inui
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. inui
Binomial name
Plasmodium inui Halberstaedter and von Prowazek, 1907

History

This species was described in 1907 by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek.

Epidemiology

This species is found in China^[1] and also the Celebes, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Phylogenetics

It is closely related to other 'quartan' Plasmodium species, including Plasmodium coatneyi, Plasmodium cynomolgi, Plasmodium fragile, Plasmodium fieldi, Plasmodium hylobati, Plasmodium simiovale and Plasmodium vivax (which is a 'tertian' Plasmodium species).^{[2] [3]}

Vectors

• Anopheles dirus

Hosts

• Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)
• long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)