Plasmodium inui

Plasmodium inui is a species of parasite, one of the species of simian "Plasmodium" that cause malaria in Old World monkeys.
History.
This species was described in 1907 by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek.
Epidemiology.
This species is found in China and also the Celebes, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Phylogenetics.
It is closely related to other 'quartan' "Plasmodium" species, including "Plasmodium coatneyi", "Plasmodium cynomolgi", "Plasmodium fragile", "Plasmodium fieldi", "Plasmodium hylobati", "Plasmodium simiovale" and "Plasmodium vivax" (which is a 'tertian' "Plasmodium" species).
Life cycle.
The life cycle is typical of a species of the genus "Plasmodium".
It has a 72-hour (or quartan) periodicity.
Salivary gland sporozoites appear in "Anopheles dirus" 13 days post feeding.
The prepatent period in the vertebrate host is 8 days.