@article{fdi:010066267,
  title = {{H}aemosporidian parasites of {A}ntelopes and other vertebrates from {G}abon, {C}entral {A}frica},
  author = {{B}oundenga, {L}. and {M}akanga, {B}. and {O}llomo, {B}. and {G}ilabert, {A}. and {R}ougeron, {V}. and {M}ve-{O}ndo, {B}. and {A}rnathau, {C}. and {D}urand, {P}. and {M}oukodoum, {N}. {D}. and {O}kouga, {A}. {P}. and {D}elicat-{L}oembet, {L}. and {Y}acka-{M}ouele, {L}. and {R}ahola, {N}il and {L}eroy, {E}ric and {T}idiane, {B}. {A}. {C}. and {R}enaud, {F}. and {P}rugnolle, {F}ranck and {P}aupy, {C}hristophe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{R}e-examination, using molecular tools, of the diversity of haemosporidian parasites (among which the agents of human malaria are the best known) has generally led to rearrangements of traditional classifications. {I}n this study, we explored the diversity of haemosporidian parasites infecting vertebrate species (particularly mammals, birds and reptiles) living in the forests of {G}abon ({C}entral {A}frica), by analyzing a collection of 492 bushmeat samples. {W}e found that samples from five mammalian species (four duiker and one pangolin species), one bird and one turtle species were infected by haemosporidian parasites. {I}n duikers (from which most of the infected specimens were obtained), we demonstrated the existence of at least two distinct parasite lineages related to {P}olychromophilus species (i. e., bat haemosporidian parasites) and to sauropsid {P}lasmodium (from birds and lizards). {M}olecular screening of sylvatic mosquitoes captured during a longitudinal survey revealed the presence of these haemosporidian parasite lineages also in several {A}nopheles species, suggesting a potential role in their transmission. {O}ur results show that, differently from what was previously thought, several independent clades of haemosporidian parasites (family {P}lasmodiidae) infect mammals and are transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes.},
  keywords = {{GABON}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {e0148958 [13 p.]},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0148958},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066267},
}