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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz., 5(109), p. 641-653

DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130578

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

Journal article published in 2014 by Costa,Daniela Camargos, Vanessa Pecini da Cunha, Gabriela Maria Pereira de Assis ORCID, Júlio César de Souza, Mércia Eliane de Arruda, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito, Daniela Camargos Costa, Vanessa Pecini da Cunha, Gabriela Maria Pereira de Assis, Cunha,Vanessa Pecini Da, Assis,Gabriela Maria Pereira De, Júlio César de Souza Junior, Souza Junior,Júlio César De, Zelinda Maria Braga Hirano, Hirano,Zelinda Maria Braga and other authors.
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Abstract

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.