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

2014; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 109; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0074-0276130578

1678-8060

Daniela Camargos Costa, Vanessa Pecini da Cunha, Gabriela Maíra Pereira de Assis, Júlio César de Souza, Zelinda Maria Braga Hirano, Mércia Eliane Arruda, Flora Satiko Kano, Luzia H. Carvalho, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito,

Bird parasitology and diseases

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.