Plasmodium billbrayi
{{Short description|Species of single-celled organism}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Plasmodium
| species = billbrayi
| authority = Krief et al., 2010
}}
Plasmodium billbrayi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Laverania.
P. billbrayi is phylogenetically very close to Plasmodium gaboni,{{cite journal|last1=Prugnolle|first1=Franck|last2=Durand|first2=Patrick|last3=Ollomo|first3=Benjamin|last4=Duval|first4=Linda|last5=Ariey|first5=Frédéric|last6=Arnathau|first6=Céline|last7=Gonzalez|first7=Jean-Paul|last8=Leroy|first8=Eric|last9=Renaud|first9=François|title=A Fresh Look at the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the Most Malignant Malaria Agent|journal=PLOS Pathogens|volume=7|issue=2|pages=e1001283|doi=10.1371/journal.ppat.1001283|pmid=21383971|pmc=3044689|year=2011 |doi-access=free }} with both sharing a recent common ancestor. The parasite is named in honour of the distinguished malariologist “Bill” Robert Stow Bray (1923–2008).{{cite journal|last1=Krief|last2=Escalante|first2=Ananias A.|last3=Pacheco|first3=M. Andreina|last4=Mugisha|first4=Lawrence|last5=André|first5=Claudine|last6=Halbwax|first6=Michel|last7=Fischer|first7=Anne|last8=Krief|first8=Jean-Michel|last9=Kasenene|first9=John M.|last10=Crandfield|first10=Mike|last11=Cornejo|first11=Omar E.|last12=Chavatte|first12=Jean-Marc|last13=Lin|first13=Clara|last14=Letourneur|first14=Franck|last15=Grüner|first15=Anne Charlotte|last16=McCutchan|first16=Thomas F.|last17=Rénia|first17=Laurent|last18=Snounou|first18=Georges|title=On the Diversity of Malaria Parasites in African Apes and the Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos|journal=PLOS Pathogens|volume=6|issue=2|pages=e1000765|doi=10.1371/journal.ppat.1000765|pmid=20169187|pmc=2820532|year=2010 |doi-access=free }}
Taxonomy
Plasmodium billbrayi was first described along with Plasmodium billcollinsi by Krief et al. in February 2010, by sequencing the whole Plasmodium mitochondrial genome in chimpanzees.
Distribution
Hosts
Plasmodium billbrayi infects common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii).{{cite journal |last1=Duval |first1=Linda |last2=Fourment |first2=Mathieu |last3=Nerrienet |first3=Eric |last4=Rousset |first4=Dominique |last5=Sadeuh |first5=Serge A. |last6=Goodman |first6=Steven M. |last7=Andriaholinirina |first7=Nicole V. |last8=Randrianarivelojosia |first8=Milijaona |last9=Paul |first9=Richard E. |last10=Robert |first10=Vincent |last11=Ayala |first11=Francisco J. |last12=Ariey |first12=Frédéric |title=African apes as reservoirs of Plasmodium falciparum and the origin and diversification of the Laverania subgenus |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=8 June 2010 |volume=107 |issue=23 |pages=10561–10566 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1005435107 |pmid=20498054 |pmc=2890828 |bibcode=2010PNAS..10710561D |doi-access=free }}
See also
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q30682861}}
{{plasmodium-stub}}