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. malariae, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. reichenowi, and P. gaboni.
Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Marco
M
Kaiser
Anna
A
Löwa
Markus
M
Ulrich
Heinz
H
Ellerbrok
Adeelia S
AS
Goffe
Anja
A
Blasse
Zinta
Z
Zommers
Emmanuel
E
Couacy-Hymann
Fred
F
Babweteera
Klaus
K
Zuberbühler
Sonja
S
Metzger
Sebastian
S
Geidel
Christophe
C
Boesch
Thomas R
TR
Gillespie
Fabian H
FH
Leendertz
D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D001483:Base Sequence; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014197:Trees; D014329:Tropical Climate
D015800:Protozoan Proteins