Wild bonobos host geographically restricted malaria parasites including a putative new Laverania species

Malaria parasites, though widespread among wild chimpanzees and gorillas, have not been detected in bonobos. Here, we show that wild-living bonobos are endemically Plasmodium infected in the eastern-most part of their range. Testing 1556 faecal samples from 11 field sites, we identify high prevalenc...

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Autores principales: Liu, Weimin, Sherrill-Mix, Scott, Learn, Gerald H., Scully, Erik J., Li, Yingying, Avitto, Alexa N., Loy, Dorothy E., Lauder, Abigail P., Sundararaman, Sesh A., Plenderleith, Lindsey J., Ndjango, Jean-Bosco N., Georgiev, Alexander V., Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve, Peeters, Martine, Bertolani, Paco, Dupain, Jef, Garai, Cintia, Hart, John A., Hart, Terese B., Shaw, George M., Sharp, Paul M., Hahn, Beatrice H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5696340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29158512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01798-5

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