Wild Chimpanzees Infected with 5 Plasmodium Species

Data are missing on the diversity of Plasmodium spp. infecting apes that live in their natural habitat, with limited possibility of human-mosquito-ape exchange. We surveyed Plasmodium spp. diversity in wild chimpanzees living in an undisturbed tropical rainforest habitat and found 5 species: P. mala...

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Autores principales: Kaiser, Marco, Löwa, Anna, Ulrich, Markus, Ellerbrok, Heinz, Goffe, Adeelia S., Blasse, Anja, Zommers, Zinta, Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel, Babweteera, Fred, Zuberbühler, Klaus, Metzger, Sonja, Geidel, Sebastian, Boesch, Christophe, Gillespie, Thomas R., Leendertz, Fabian H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21122230
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100424
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Sumario:Data are missing on the diversity of Plasmodium spp. infecting apes that live in their natural habitat, with limited possibility of human-mosquito-ape exchange. We surveyed Plasmodium spp. diversity in wild chimpanzees living in an undisturbed tropical rainforest habitat and found 5 species: P. malariae, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. reichenowi, and P. gaboni.

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