Wild Chimpanzees Infected with 5PlasmodiumSpecies
Open Access
- 1 December 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 16 (12), 1956-1959
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100424
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.Keywords
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