1. Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic
- Author
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Angelique Todd, Harald Noedl, David Modrý, Klára J. Petrželková, Mwanahamisi I. Mapua, Hans-Peter Fuehrer, and Moneeb A. Qablan
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Genotype ,Epidemiology ,Plasmodium ovale ,malaria ,lcsh:Medicine ,western lowland gorillas ,parasites ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,law.invention ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Feces ,03 medical and health sciences ,law ,parasitic diseases ,Research Letter ,RNA, Ribosomal, 18S ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Parasite hosting ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Malaria epidemiology ,Phylogeny ,Polymerase chain reaction ,Gorilla gorilla ,biology ,lcsh:R ,Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic ,DNA, Protozoan ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,zoonoses ,Central African Republic ,Ape Diseases ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,Plasmodium ovale wallikeri ,Ovale malaria ,Malaria - Abstract
Human malaria parasites have rarely been reported from free-ranging great apes. Our study confirms the presence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic, and discusses implications for malaria epidemiology.
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- 2018