Malaria's Many Mates: Past, Present, and Future of the Systematics of the Order Haemosporida

摘要: Abstract:  Malaria has been one of the most important diseases humans throughout history and continues to be a major public health concern. The 5 species Plasmodium that cause disease in are part order Haemosporida, diverse group parasites all have heteroxenous life cycles, alternating between vertebrate host free-flying, blood-feeding dipteran vector. Traditionally, identification taxonomy these relied heavily on life-history characteristics, basic morphological features, infected. However, molecular approaches resolving phylogeny sometimes challenged many traditional hypotheses. One greatest debates concerned origin virulent human-infecting parasites, falciparum, with early results suggesting close relationship an avian parasite. Subsequent phylogenetic studies placed it firmly within mammalian clade instead, but hy...