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

• Autor(a) principal: Costa,Daniela Camargos
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: 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
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
• Texto Completo: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000500641
• topic: simian malaria; Plasmodium simium; New World monkey

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.