Plasmodium fieldi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. fieldi |
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Plasmodium fieldi |
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Plasmodium fieldi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium sub genus Plasmodium found in Malaysia.
This species is related to Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium simiovale. Like all Plasmodium species P. fieldi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are primates.
This species was first described by Eyles, Laing and Fong in 1962. The parasite was identified in a pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) that Eyles purchased in peninsular Malaysia in mid-August 1960. It was named after the malariologist Dr. John W. Field.
The asexual cycle is 48 hours in length
Ring forms: These measure about 3 micrometres in diameter and double chromatin bodies may be present. Multiple infections of the erythrocyte are uncommon.
Trophozoites: The cytoplasm is compact, staining a deep blue while the nucleus stains deep red. Pigment is dark and made up of fine grains. Schüffner-type stippling also taking a deep red stain appears about half way though this stage. Older trophozoites are compact, rounded or oval and display very little amoeboidity. The vacuole may be diminished or lost. Aggregates of dark eosinophilic masses sometimes larger than the nuclei may be present. Some host cells are oval-shaped and may be slightly enlarged.
Schizonts: Immature forms have dense blue-staining cytoplasm and relatively large deep red nuclei. The pigment is granular, well distributed and generally black in colour. Heavy stippling is present. As schizogony proceeds, the eosinophilic masses approximate forming a deep red border around the developing schizont. At this stage the host cell may be appreciably enlarged and some may assume an oval shape. Mature schizonts produce 4 to 16 (mean 12) large merozoites. The golden brown pigment forms a large mass in the center of the schizont. The host cell may become greatly distorted. This characteristic distortion appears to be distinctive for this parasite.
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