| a comparative molecular survey of malaria prevalence among eastern chimpanzee populations in issa valley (tanzania) and kalinzu (uganda). | habitat types can affect vector and pathogen distribution and transmission dynamics. the prevalence and genetic diversity of plasmodium spp. in two eastern chimpanzee populations-kalinzu forest reserve, uganda and issa valley, tanzania-inhabiting different habitat types was investigated. as a follow up study the effect of host sex and age on infections patterns in kalinzu forest reserve chimpanzees was determined. | 2016 | 27543045 |
| the host specificity of ape malaria parasites can be broken in confined environments. | recent studies have revealed a large diversity of plasmodium spp. among african great apes. some of these species are related to plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent agent of human malaria (subgenus laverania), and others to plasmodium ovale, plasmodium malariae and plasmodium vivax (subgenus plasmodium), three other human malaria agents. laverania parasites exhibit strict host specificity in their natural environment. plasmodium reichenowi, plasmodium billcollinsi, plasmodium billbrayi and ... | 2016 | 27486075 |
| malarial parasite diversity in chimpanzees: the value of comparative approaches to ascertain the evolution of plasmodium falciparum antigens. | plasmodium falciparum shares its most recent common ancestor with parasites found in african apes; these species constitute the so-called laverania clade. in this investigation, the evolutionary history of plasmodium lineages found in chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) was explored. | 2013 | 24044371 |
| multigenomic delineation of plasmodium species of the laverania subgenus infecting wild-living chimpanzees and gorillas. | plasmodium falciparum, the major cause of malaria morbidity and mortality worldwide, is only distantly related to other human malaria parasites and has thus been placed in a separate subgenus, termed laverania parasites morphologically similar to p. falciparum have been identified in african apes, but only one other laverania species, plasmodium reichenowi from chimpanzees, has been formally described. although recent studies have pointed to the existence of additional laverania species, their p ... | 2016 | 27289102 |
| diversity of malaria parasites in great apes in gabon. | until 2009, the laverania subgenus counted only two representatives: plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium reichenowi. the recent development of non-invasive methods allowed re-exploration of plasmodial diversity in african apes. although a large number of great ape populations have now been studied regarding plasmodium infections in africa, there are still vast areas of their distribution that remained unexplored. gabon constitutes an important part of the range of western central african great ... | 2015 | 25889049 |