Plasmodium ovale curtisi
Plasmodium ovale curtisi is a subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans. The subspecies was described in 2010 when it was established that the two subspecies of Plasmodium ovale, while morphologically identical are genetically distinct.
| Plasmodium ovale curtisi | |
|---|---|
| Plasmodium ovale trophozoite, Giemsa stain. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | P. o. curtisi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Plasmodium ovale curtisi Sutherland et al., 2010 | |
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