TY - JOUR
T1 - Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans, central African republic
AU - Mapua, Mwanahamisi I.
AU - Fuehrer, Hans Peter
AU - Petrželková, Klára J.
AU - Todd, Angelique
AU - Noedl, Harald
AU - Qablan, Moneeb A.
AU - Modrý, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Human malaria parasites have rarely been reported from free-ranging great apes. Our study confirms the presence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic, and discusses implications for malaria epidemiology.
AB - Human malaria parasites have rarely been reported from free-ranging great apes. Our study confirms the presence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic, and discusses implications for malaria epidemiology.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2408.180010
DO - 10.3201/eid2408.180010
M3 - Letter
C2 - 30016237
AN - SCOPUS:85050399820
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 24
SP - 1581
EP - 1583
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 8
ER -