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1343676

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
In Brazil simian malaria is widely spread, being frequent in the Amazon region (10% of primates infected) and even more in the forested coastal mountains of the Southeastern and Southern regions (35% and 18% infected, respectively), but absent in the semi-arid Northeast. Only two species of plasmodia have been found: the quartan-like Plasmodium brasilianum and the tertian-like P. simium, but the possible presence of other species is not excluded. P. brasilianum is found in all enzootic foci, but P. simium was detected only on the coast of the Southeastern and Southern regions, between paralles 20 degrees S and 30 degrees S. Nearly all hosts are monkeys (family Cebidae, 28 species harbouring plasmodia out of 46 examined), and very rarely marmosets or tamarins (family Callitrichidae, 1 especies out of 16). P. brasilianum was present in all infected species, P. simium in only two. The natural vector in the Southeastern and Southern regions was found to be Anopheles cruzi, but has not been conclusively identified in the Amazon. One natural, accidental human infection due to P. simium was observed. There is no evidence of the relation of simian to human malaria in the Southeastern and Southern regions, where human malaria was eradicated in spite of the high rates of monkeys infected, but in the Amazon recent serological studies by other workers, revealing high positivity for P. brasilianum/P. malariae antibodies in local indians, would suggest that among them malaria might possibly be regarded as a zoonosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0074-0276
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87 Suppl 3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Simian malaria in Brazil.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't