Simian malaria in the Brazilian Atlantic forest: First description of natural infection of capuchin monkeys (Cebinae subfamily) by Plasmodium simium

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  De Alvarenga, Denise Anete Madureira ^a   De Pina Costa, Anielle ^a,b   De Sousa, Taís Nóbrega ^a   Pissinatti, Alcides ^c,d   Zalis, Mariano G ^e   Suaréz Mutis, Martha C ^a   Lourenço De Oliveira, Ricardo ^a   Brasil, Patrícia ^b   Daniel Ribeiro, Cláudio Tadeu ^a   De Brito, Cristiana Ferreira Alves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c INEA   (Brazil)

^d Serra Dos Órgãos University Center UNIFESO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Cebinae; Molecular diagnosis; Plasmodium brasilianum; Plasmodium malariae; Plasmodium simium; Plasmodium vivax; Simian malaria

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; CEBUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM SIMIUM; PLASMODIUM SIMIUM INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; CEBINAE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BRAZIL; CEBINAE; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84928689746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0606-6     Document Type: Article

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