Falciparum malaria: transmission to the gibbon by Anopheles balabacensis.
The splenectomized gibbon (Hylobates lar) is susceptible to sporozoite-induced infection by sporozoites of Plasmodium falciparum. Two gibbons inoculated with sporozoites of P. falciparum from Anopheles balabacensis fed on humans with falciparum malaria developed parasitemia 48 and 46 days after infection.
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D004199:Disease Vectors; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D013156:Splenectomy