Plasmodium simium/Plasmodium vivax infections in southern brown
howler monkeys from the Atlantic Forest |
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| Authors: | Daniela Camargos Costa Vanessa Pecini da Cunha Gabriela Maria Pereira de Assis Júlio César de Souza Junior Zelinda Maria Braga Hirano Mércia Eliane de Arruda Flora Satiko Kano Luzia Helena Carvalho Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito |
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| Institution: | 1.Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil;2.Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, SC, Brasil;3.Centro de Pesquisas Biológicas de Indaial, Indaial, SC, Brasil;4.Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães-Fiocruz, Recife, PE, Brasil |
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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. |
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| Keywords: | simian malaria Plasmodium simium New World monkey |
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