Marco Kaiser,
Anna Löwa, Markus Ulrich,
Heinz Ellerbrok,
Adeelia S Goffe,
Anja Blasse,
Zinta Zommers,
Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann,
Fred Babweteera,
Klaus Zuberbühler,
Sonja Metzger,
Sebastian Geidel,
Christophe Boesch,
Thomas R Gillespie,
Fabian H Leendertz
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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.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 12/2010; 16(12):1956-9. · 6.79 Impact Factor