Wild Chimpanzees Infected with 5 Plasmodium Species

Marco Kaiser; Anna Lowa; Markus Ulrich; Heinz Ellerbrok; Adeelia S. Goffe; Anja Blasse; Zinta Zommers; Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann; Fred Babweteera; Klaus Zuberbuhler; Sonja Metzger; Sebastian Geidel; Christophe Boesch; Thomas R. Gillespie; Fabian H. Leendertz

doi:10.3201/eid1612.100424

Wild Chimpanzees Infected with 5 Plasmodium Species

Marco Kaiser, Anna Lowa, Markus Ulrich, Heinz Ellerbrok, Adeelia S. Goffe, Anja Blasse, Zinta Zommers, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Fred Babweteera, Klaus Zuberbuhler, Sonja Metzger, Sebastian Geidel, Christophe Boesch, Thomas R. Gillespie, Fabian H. Leendertz

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Abstract

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

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1956-1959
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	16
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100424
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

HUMAN MALARIA PARASITE
ORIGIN
FALCIPARUM
VIVAX

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Wild Chimpanzees Infected with 5 Plasmodium Species

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