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New potential Plasmodium brasilianum hosts: tamarin and marmoset monkeys (family Callitrichidae)

BACKGROUND: Non-human primates (NHPs) as a source for Plasmodium infections in humans are a challenge for malaria elimination. In Brazil, two species of Plasmodium have been described infecting NHPs, Plasmodium brasilianum and Plasmodium simium. Both species are infective to man. Plasmodium brasilia...

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Autores principales: Alvarenga, Denise A. M., Pina-Costa, Anielle, Bianco, Cesare, Moreira, Silvia B., Brasil, Patricia, Pissinatti, Alcides, Daniel-Ribeiro, Claudio T., Brito, Cristiana F. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5303265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28187764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1724-0