plantilla lutzi

Plasmodium (Haemamoeba)
Lutzi
(Lucena et al., 1939)
Colección Biológica del
Grupo de Estudios Relación
Parásito Hospedero
Reino: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Order: Hemosporidia
Family: Plasmodidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: Plasmodium lutzi
Type Host:
scientific name
GERPH
collection
number
GenBank
Aramides
cajaneus
None
registered
None
registered
Hosts With Material Deposited in GERPH:
scientific
name
Collection
number
Statu
s
GenBank
Turdus
fuscater
GERPH-03182-9
4,GERPH-06366
-8,GERPH-0636
6-9,GERPH-082
08-39
KC13822
6,
KF53731
2,
Diglossa
lafresnayi
GERPH-07071,
GERPH-07026-8
KF537277
Diglossa
albilatera
GERPH-06476-8
none
registered
Diglossa
cyanea
GERPH-08042-4
GERPH-06922-4
GERPH-06351-3
GERPH-06879-8
3,GERPH-06922
-4,GERPH-0804
1-4
KJ780795,
KM21135
3,KF5373
10
Anisognathus
lacrimosus
GERPH-05108-1
0
none
registered
Click on the Scientific name of each bird species to
obtain more information about the hosts.
Typical stages of P. lutzi: A-B)Macrogametocytes C)
Microgametocyte D) Meront ; Bar = 10 μm.
Main Characters: P. lutzi, is similar to P. relictum , but these
species can be distinguished because: 1) P. lutzi predominantly
tend to cluster its pigment granules to the margin of the parasite, in
meronts and gametocytes (mostly observe in macrogametocytes)
2) the number of merozoits in mature meronts is fewer on P. lutzi
(6-26). 3) the genetical distance, base on a fragment of 489 bp of
Cyt b and mitochondrial genome (mtDNA).
Specimen Category: Blood smear and DNA
Distribution in Colombia: Bogotá, D.C., Chingaza NNP, Los
Nevados NNP, probably on low lands.
Altitudinal distribution: 475-3100 m asl
Global distribution: Brazil, Venezuela,
Pathology: Lucena, (1939) and Gabaldon & Ulloa (1976), reported
a benign infection, with accumulation of pigment granules on spleen
and liver, but recently Dinhopl et al., (2015) found mortality on birds
infected by molecular Cyt b lineages similar to P. lutzi.
Vectors: unknown.
Bibliography: Mantilla et al.,(2013), González et al.,(2015) (click
on each to last name to go to the original paper).
Gabaldón, A., & G. Ulloa. 1976. Exoerythrocytic forms of
Plasmodium (Haemamoeba) lutzi Lucena, 1939 and the presence
of this species in Venezuela (Las formas exoeritrociticas de
Plasmodium (Haemamoeba) lutzi Lucena, 1939 y presencia de
esta especie en Venezuela). Malaria and Environmental Protection
Bulletin 16: 299– 312.
Lucena, D. 1939. Avian malaria, Plasmodium lutzi n. sp. parasites
Aramides
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Developed by: JS Mantilla
Reviewed by: NE Matta and JS Mantilla
Developed by: JS Mantilla
Reviewed by: NE Matta and JS Mantilla