Ayouba Ahidjo, Mouacha Fatima, Learn G. H., Mpoudi-Ngole E., Rayner J. C., Sharp P. M., Hahn B. H., Delaporte Eric, Peeters Martine. (2012). Ubiquitous Hepatocystis infections, but no evidence of Plasmodium falciparum-like malaria parasites in wild greater spot-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans). International Journal for Parasitology, 42 (8), p. 709-713. ISSN 0020-7519.
Titre du document
Ubiquitous Hepatocystis infections, but no evidence of Plasmodium falciparum-like malaria parasites in wild greater spot-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans)
Ayouba Ahidjo, Mouacha Fatima, Learn G. H., Mpoudi-Ngole E., Rayner J. C., Sharp P. M., Hahn B. H., Delaporte Eric, Peeters Martine
Source
International Journal for Parasitology, 2012,
42 (8), p. 709-713 ISSN 0020-7519
Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) have been identified as the natural reservoir of the parasites that were the immediate precursor of Plasmodium falciparum infecting humans. Recently, a P. falciparum-like sequence was reported in a sample from a captive greater spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans), and was taken to indicate that this species may also be a natural reservoir for P. falciparum-related parasites. To test this hypothesis we screened blood samples from 292 wild C nictitans monkeys that had been hunted for bushmeat in Cameroon. We detected Hepatocystis spp. in 49% of the samples, as well as one sequence from a clade of Plasmodium spp. previously found in birds, lizards and bats. However, none of the 292 wild C. nictitans harbored P. falciparum-like parasites.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
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Sciences du monde animal [080]
