Species Plasmodium berghei Vincke & Lips, 1948

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• Plasmodium berghei Vincke, I.H. & Lips, M. 1948. Un nouveau plasmodium d'un rongeur sauvage du Congo, Plasmodium berghei n. sp. Annales de la Société Belge de Médecine Tropicale 28: 97-104.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse (syn. M. domesticus; blood, brain (exptl. infection))).

Associated Fauna References

Combes, V., Coltel, N., Faille, D., Wassmer, S.C. & Grau, G.E. 2006. Cerebral malaria: role of microparticles and platelets in alterations of the blood-brain barrier. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 541-546 (Mus musculus)

Golenser, J., McQuillan, J., Lee, L., Mitchell, A.J. & Hunt, N.H. 2006. Conventional and experimental treatment of cerebral malaria. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 583-593 (Mus musculus)

Hamzah, J., Batty, K.T., Davis, W.A., Mori, T.A., Ching, S.Y.L., Croft, K.D. & Davis, T.M.E. 2007. Retinol supplementation in murine Plasmodium berghei malaria: effects on tissue levels, parasitaemia and lipid peroxidation. International Journal for Parasitology 37: 525-537 (Mus musculus)

Hunt, N.H., Golenser, J., Chan-Ling, T., Parekh, S., Rae, C., Potter, S., Medana, I.M., Miu, J. & Ball, H.J. 2006. Immunopathogenesis of cerebral malaria. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 569-582 (Mus musculus)

Knopf, P.M., Brown, G.V., Howard, R.J. & Mitchell, G.F. 1979. Immunoprecipitation of biosynthetically-labelled products in the identification of antigens of murine red cells infected with the protozoan parasite, Plasmodium berghei. Australian Journal of Experimantal Biology and Medical Science 57: 603-615 (Mus musculus)

Lee, L., Dinudom, A., Mitchell, A.J., Grau, G.E., Cook, D.I., Hunt, N.H. & Ball, H.J. 2011. Reduced activity of the epithelial sodium channel in malaria-induced pulmonary oedema in mice. International Journal for Parasitology 41: 81-88 (Mus musculus)

Miu, J., Ball, H.J., Mellor, A.L. & Hunt, N.H. 2009. Effect of indoleamine dioxygenase-1 deficiency and kynurenine pathway inhibition on murine cerebral malaria. International Journal for Parasitology 39: 363-370 (Mus musculus)

Potter, S., Chan-Ling, T., Ball, H.J., Mansour, H., Mitchell, A., Maluish, L. & Hunt, N.H. 2006. Perforin mediated apoptosis of cerebral microvascular endothelial cells during experimental cerebral malaria. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 485-496 (Mus musculus)

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