Ape malaria transmission and potential for ape-to-human transfers in Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 5329-5334

  Makanga, Boris ^a,b,c   Yangari, Patrick ^a,b   Rahola, Nil ^a,b   Rougeron, Virginie ^a,b   Elguero, Eric ^a   Boundenga, Larson ^b   Moukodoum, Nancy Diamella ^b   Okouga, Alain Prince ^b   Arnathau, Céline ^a   Durand, Patrick ^a   Willaume, Eric ^d   Ayala, Diego ^a,b   Fontenille, Didier ^a   Ayala, Francisco J ^e   Renaud, François ^a   Ollomo, Benjamin ^b   Prugnolle, Franck ^a,b   Paupy, Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^c Institut de Recherches en Ecologie Tropicale   (Gabon)

^d Entreprise de Recherche et D'Activites Metallurgiques Compagnie Miniere de L'Ogooue   (Gabon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African rainforest; Anopheles; Ape to human infection; Laverania; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES MARSHALLII; ANOPHELES MOUCHETI; ANOPHELES VINCKEI; APE; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CHIMPANZEE; GORILLA; HUMAN; LAVERANIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GABON; HOMINID; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DISEASE VECTORS; GABON; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; RAINFOREST; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84966457052     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603008113     Document Type: Article

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