title: Survey of Plasmodium spp. in free-ranging neotropical primates from the Brazilian Amazon region impacted by anthropogenic actions.
abstract: This study investigated Plasmodium spp. infection in free-ranging neotropical primates from Brazilian Amazon regions under the impact of major anthropogenic actions. Blood samples from 19 new world primates were collected and analyzed with microscopic and molecular procedures. The prevalence of Plasmodium infection was 21.0% (4/19) and PCR positive samples were identified as P. brasilianum. Considering the social-economic changes that the Amazon is facing, the prevalence of P. brasilianum infection highlights the necessity to closely monitor the movement of both human and non-human primate populations, in order to mitigate pathogen exposure and the introduction of new agents into previously naïve areas.
authors: Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508 270, Brazil. buenomg@gmail.com
authors: Marina G
authors: MG
authors: Bueno
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Rohe
authors: Karin
authors: K
authors: Kirchgatter
authors: Silvia M F
authors: SM
authors: Di Santi
authors: Lilian O
authors: LO
authors: Guimarães
authors: Carmel L
authors: CL
authors: Witte
authors: Maria J
authors: MJ
authors: Costa-Nascimento
authors: Christina R C
authors: CR
authors: Toniolo
authors: José Luiz
authors: JL
authors: Catão-Dias
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018419:Primate Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D014329:Tropical Climate
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