Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in Western Lowland Gorillas and Humans, Central African Republic

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Aug;24(8):1581-1583. doi: 10.3201/eid2408.180010.

Abstract

Human malaria parasites have rarely been reported from free-ranging great apes. Our study confirms the presence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in western lowland gorillas and humans in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic, and discusses implications for malaria epidemiology.

Keywords: Central African Republic; Plasmodium ovale wallikeri; malaria; parasites; western lowland gorillas; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ape Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Ape Diseases / parasitology
  • Ape Diseases / transmission
  • Central African Republic / epidemiology
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics*
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Genotype
  • Gorilla gorilla / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Malaria / epidemiology*
  • Malaria / parasitology
  • Malaria / transmission
  • Malaria / veterinary*
  • Phylogeny
  • Plasmodium ovale / classification
  • Plasmodium ovale / genetics*
  • Plasmodium ovale / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S