Wild Chimpanzees Infected with 5 Plasmodium Species

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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Main Authors: Marco Kaiser, Anna Löwa, Markus Ulrich, Heinz Ellerbrok, Adeelia S. Goffe, Anja Blasse, Zinta Zommers, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Fred Babweteera, Klaus Zuberbühler, Sonja Metzger, Sebastian Geidel, Christophe Boesch, Thomas R. Gillespie, Fabian H. Leendertz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Wild chimpanzees
Plasmodium
zoonoses
human malaria
parasites
natural diversity
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/12/10-0424_article

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