Identification of Plasmodium spp. in Neotropical primates of Maranhense Amazon in Northeast Brazil.

Identification of Plasmodium spp. in Neotropical primates of Maranhense Amazon in Northeast Brazil.

In the Brazilian Amazon region, malaria caused by Plasmodium malariae is considered to be a zoonosis because of cross-transfer of the parasite between humans and Neotropical primates. To contribute information on this issue, we investigated occurrences of natural infection with Plasmodium sp. among...

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Main Authors: Mayra Araguaia Pereira Figueiredo, Silvia Maria Di Santi, Wilson Gómez Manrique, Marcos Rogério André, Rosangela Zacarias Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5552124?pdf=render

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