Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Orangutans not infected with Plasmodium vivax or P. cynomolgi, Indonesia.
- Journal:
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Year:
- 2009
- Authors:
- Singh, Balbir & Simon Divis, Paul Cliff
- Affiliation:
- Malaria Research Centre
Abstract
After orangutans in Indonesia were reported as infected with Plasmodium cynomolgi and P. vivax, we conducted phylogenetic analyses of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences of Plasmodium spp. We found that these orangutans are not hosts of P. cynomolgi and P. vivax. Analysis of >or=1 genes is needed to identify Plasmodium spp. infecting orangutans.
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