Malaria parasite detection increases during pregnancy in wild chimpanzees

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  De Nys, Hélène M ^a,b,c   Calvignac Spencer, Sébastien ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^b   Dorny, Pierre ^c,d   Wittig, Roman M ^b,e   Mundry, Roger ^b   Leendertz, Fabian H ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Epidemiology; Great ape; Malaria; Plasmodium; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHIMPANZEE; FEMALE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; MALARIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; FEMALE; MALARIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 84927683849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-413     Document Type: Article

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