Article
Plasmodium simium/Plasmodium vivax infections in southern brown howler monkeys from the Atlantic Forest
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COSTA, Daniela Camargos et al. Plasmodium simium/Plasmodium vivax infections in southern brown howler monkeys from the Atlantic Forest. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 109, n. 5, p. 641-643, 2014.
0074-0276
10.1590/0074-0276130578
Autor
Costa, Daniela Camargos
Cunha, Vanessa Pecini da
Assis, Gabriela Maria Pereira de
Souza Junior, Júlio César de
Hirano, Zelinda Maria Braga
Arruda, Mércia Eliane de
Kano, Flora Satiko
Carvalho, Luzia Helena
Brito, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de
Resumen
Blood infection by the simian parasite, Plasmodium simium, was identified in captive (n = 45, 4.4%) and in wild Alouatta clamitans monkeys (n = 20, 35%) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil. A single malaria infection was symptomatic and the monkey presented clinical and haematological alterations. A high frequency of Plasmodium vivax-specific antibodies was detected among these monkeys, with 87% of the monkeys testing positive against P. vivax antigens. These findings highlight the possibility of malaria as a zoonosis in the remaining Atlantic Forest and its impact on the epidemiology of the disease.