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| Author(s): |
Bueno, Marina G.
[1, 2]
;
Rohe, Fabio
[3]
;
Kirchgatter, Karin
[4]
;
Di Santi, Silvia M. F.
[4]
;
Guimaraes, Lilian O.
[4]
;
Witte, Carmel L.
[5]
;
Costa-Nascimento, Maria J.
[4]
;
Toniolo, Christina R. C.
[4]
;
Catao-Dias, Jose Luiz
[1]
Total Authors: 9
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Dept Patol, BR-05508270 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Triade Inst Brasileiro Med Conservacao, Pernambuco - Brazil
[3] WCS, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, Nucleo Estudos Malaria Superintendencia Controle, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[5] Inst Conservat Res San Diego Zoo Global, Wildlife Dis Labs, Escondido, CA - USA
Total Affiliations: 5
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | ECOHEALTH; v. 10, n. 1, p. 48-53, MAR 2013. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 8 |
| Abstract | |
This study investigated Plasmodium spp. infection in free-ranging neotropical primates from Brazilian Amazon regions under the impact of major anthropogenic actions. Blood samples from 19 new world primates were collected and analyzed with microscopic and molecular procedures. The prevalence of Plasmodium infection was 21.0% (4/19) and PCR positive samples were identified as P. brasilianum. Considering the social-economic changes that the Amazon is facing, the prevalence of P. brasilianum infection highlights the necessity to closely monitor the movement of both human and non-human primate populations, in order to mitigate pathogen exposure and the introduction of new agents into previously na < ve areas. (AU) | |