Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Detection of new Babesia microti-like parasites in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) with a suppressed Plasmodium cynomolgi infection.
- Journal:
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Year:
- 2008
- Authors:
- Voorberg-vd Wel, Annemarie et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Parasitology · Netherlands
Abstract
A new type of piroplasm, phylogenetically closest to Babesia microti-like parasites previously detected in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris orientis), was identified in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) imported from China. After challenge with Plasmodium cynomolgi M strain blood-stage parasites, the rhesus monkey repeatedly showed markedly reduced levels of Plasmodium parasitemia when compared with animals not infected with this organism.
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