Plasmodium elongatum is a malaria parasite discovered by Hartman and first disclosed in Hartman 1927.[1][2] Study of it has been fundamental to understanding the lifecycle of malaria[1] along with study of P. gallinaceum, also a malaria parasite of birds.[2] It is the type species of the subgenus Huffia.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Huff, Clay; Bloom, William (1935). "A Malarial Parasite Infecting All Blood and Blood-Forming Cells of Birds". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. University of Chicago (Infectious Diseases Society of America). 57 (3): 315–336. doi:10.1093/infdis/57.3.315. eISSN 1537-6613. ISSN 0022-1899. JSTOR 00221899. LCCN a40001288. OCLC 01754628.
  2. 1 2 LaPointe, Dennis; Atkinson, Carter; Samuel, Michael (2012). "Ecology and conservation biology of avian malaria". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Wiley-Blackwell (New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)). 1249 (1): 211–226. Bibcode:2012NYASA1249..211L. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06431.x. ISSN 0077-8923. PMID 22320256. S2CID 1885904.
  3. ↑ Valkiūnas, Gediminas; Iezhova, Tatjana (2018). "Keys to the avian malaria parasites". Review. Malaria Journal. BioMed Central. 17 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1186/s12936-018-2359-5. ISSN 1475-2875. OCLC 891213153. PMC 5975542. PMID 29843718. S2CID 44104862. GV ORCID: 0000-0003-0594-0280.


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