Identification of Plasmodium malariae, a Human Malaria Parasite, in Imported Chimpanzees

It is widely believed that human malaria parasites infect only man as a natural host. However, earlier morphological observations suggest that great apes are likely to be natural reservoirs as well. To identify malaria parasites in great apes, we screened 60 chimpanzees imported into Japan. Using th...

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Autores principales: Hayakawa, Toshiyuki, Arisue, Nobuko, Udono, Toshifumi, Hirai, Hirohisa, Sattabongkot, Jetsumon, Toyama, Tomoko, Tsuboi, Takafumi, Horii, Toshihiro, Tanabe, Kazuyuki
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19823579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007412

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19823579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007412

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