Plasmodium ovalecurtisi

{{Short description|Species of single-celled organism}}

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| genus = Plasmodium

| species = ovalecurtisi

| authority = Snounou et al., 2024

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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.{{cite journal|doi=10.1086/652240|title=Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally|vauthors=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 |journal=J Infect Dis|year=2010|volume=201|issue=10|pages=1544–50|pmid=20380562|doi-access=free}}'. 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'' '{{Cite journal |last=Snounou |first=Georges |last2=Sharp |first2=Paul M. |last3=Culleton |first3=Richard |date=January 2024 |title=The two parasite species formerly known as Plasmodium ovale |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1471492223002842 |journal=Trends in Parasitology |language=en |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=21–27 |doi=10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.004|url-access=subscription }}