Wild Chimpanzees Infected with 5 Plasmodium Species
Author(s)
Kaiser, Marco
Lowa, Anna
Ulrich, Markus
Ellerbrok, Heinz
Goffe, Adeelia S.
Blasse, Anja
Zommers, Zinta
Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel
Babweteera, Fred
Metzger, Sonja
Geidel, Sebastian
Boesch, Christophe
Gillespie, Thomas R.
Leendertz, Fabian H.
Date issued
2010
In
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Vol
12
No
16
From page
1956
To page
1959
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
Publication type
journal article