Progress in understanding the phylogeny of the Plasmodium vivax lineage
Progress in understanding the phylogeny of the Plasmodium vivax lineage
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了解间日疟原虫谱系系统发育的进展
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2021.102507
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Tetsuo Hashimoto
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作者:
Nobuko Arisue;Hajime Honma;Keitaro Kume;Tetsuo Hashimoto
There has been some controversy about the evolutionary origin of Plasmodium vivax, particularly whether it is of Asian or African origin. Recently, a new malaria species which closely related to apeP. vivaxwas found in chimpanzees, in addition, the host switches ofP. vivaxfrom ape to human was confirmed. These findings support the African origin ofP. vivax. Previous phylogenetic analyses have shown the position ofP. vivaxwithin the Asian primate malaria parasite clade. This suggested an Asian origin ofP. vivax. Recent analyses using massive gene data, however, positionedP. vivaxafter the branching of the African Old World monkey parasiteP. gonderi, and before the branching of the common ancestor of Asian primate malaria parasites. This position is consistent with an African origin ofP. vivax. We here review the history of phylogenetic analyses onP. vivax, validate previous analyses, and finally present a definitive analysis using currently available data that indicate a tree in whichP. vivaxis positioned at the base of the Asian primate malaria parasite clade, and thus that is consistent with an African origin ofP. vivax.