Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium vivax
Mature P. vivax trophozoite
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. vivax
Binomial name
Plasmodium vivax
(Grassi & Feletti, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haemamoeba vivax Grassi and Feletti, 1890
  • Plasmodium malariae tertianae Celli and Sanfelice, 1891
  • Haemamoeba laverani var. tertiana Labbe, 1894(?)
  • Haemosporidium tertianae Lewkowicz, 1897
  • Plasmodium camarense Ziemann, 1915

Plasmodium vivax is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen. This parasite is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria.[2] Although it is less virulent than Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the five human malaria parasites, P. vivax malaria infections can lead to severe disease and death, often due to splenomegaly (a pathologically enlarged spleen).[3][4] P. vivax is carried by the female Anopheles mosquito; the males do not bite.[5]

  1. ^ Coatney, G. Robert; Collins, William E.; Warren, McWilson; Contacos, Peter George (1971). "Plasmodium vivax (Grassi and Feletti, 1890)". The primate malarias. Division of Parasitic Disease, CDC. pp. 43–44. LCCN 71-610655.
  2. ^ White, N. J. (15 January 2008). "Plasmodium knowlesi: The Fifth Human Malaria Parasite". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 46 (2): 172–173. doi:10.1086/524889. PMID 18171246.
  3. ^ Baird, J. Kevin (November 2007). "Neglect of Plasmodium vivax malaria". Trends in Parasitology. 23 (11): 533–539. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2007.08.011. PMID 17933585.
  4. ^ Anstey, Nicholas M.; Douglas, Nicholas M.; Poespoprodjo, Jeanne R.; Price, Ric N. (2012). Plasmodium vivax. Advances in Parasitology. Vol. 80. pp. 151–201. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-397900-1.00003-7. ISBN 978-0-12-397900-1. PMID 23199488.
  5. ^ Crompton, Peter D.; Moebius, Jacqueline; Portugal, Silvia; Waisberg, Michael; Hart, Geoffrey; Garver, Lindsey S.; Miller, Louis H.; Barillas-Mury, Carolina; Pierce, Susan K. (21 March 2014). "Malaria Immunity in Man and Mosquito: Insights into Unsolved Mysteries of a Deadly Infectious Disease". Annual Review of Immunology. 32 (1): 157–187. doi:10.1146/annurev-immunol-032713-120220. PMC 4075043. PMID 24655294.

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