Orangutans not infected with Plasmodium vivax or P. cynomolgi, Indonesia.
After orangutans in Indonesia were reported as infected with Plasmodium cynomolgi and P. vivax, we conducted phylogenetic analyses of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences of Plasmodium spp. We found that these orangutans are not hosts of P. cynomolgi and P. vivax. Analysis of >or=1 genes is needed to identify Plasmodium spp. infecting orangutans.
Malaria Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia. bsingh@fmhs.unimas.my
Balbir
B
Singh
Paul Cliff
PC
Simon Divis
D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016789:Plasmodium cynomolgi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D057079:Pongo; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics
D012335:RNA, Ribosomal