Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic

Human malaria parasites have rarely been reported from free-ranging great apes. Our study confirms the presence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic, and discusses implications for m...

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Autores principales: Mapua, Mwanahamisi I., Fuehrer, Hans-Peter, Petrželková, Klára J., Todd, Angelique, Noedl, Harald, Qablan, Moneeb A., Modrý, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180010
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author Mapua, Mwanahamisi I.
Fuehrer, Hans-Peter
Petrželková, Klára J.
Todd, Angelique
Noedl, Harald
Qablan, Moneeb A.
Modrý, David
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Fuehrer, Hans-Peter
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Todd, Angelique
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description Human malaria parasites have rarely been reported from free-ranging great apes. Our study confirms the presence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic, and discusses implications for malaria epidemiology.
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spelling pubmed-60561212018-08-01 Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic Mapua, Mwanahamisi I. Fuehrer, Hans-Peter Petrželková, Klára J. Todd, Angelique Noedl, Harald Qablan, Moneeb A. Modrý, David Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Human malaria parasites have rarely been reported from free-ranging great apes. Our study confirms the presence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic, and discusses implications for malaria epidemiology. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6056121/ /pubmed/30016237 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180010 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Mapua, Mwanahamisi I.
Fuehrer, Hans-Peter
Petrželková, Klára J.
Todd, Angelique
Noedl, Harald
Qablan, Moneeb A.
Modrý, David
Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic
title Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic
title_full Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic
title_fullStr Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic
title_full_unstemmed Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic
title_short Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic
title_sort plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans, central african republic
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180010
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