Plasmodium simium/Plasmodium vivax infections in southern brown howler monkeys from the Atlantic Forest

AUTOR(ES)

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

FONTE

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

05/08/2014

RESUMO

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.

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