Wild bonobos host geographically restricted malaria parasites including a putative new Laverania species

Wild bonobos host geographically restricted malaria parasites including a putative new Laverania species

Unlike chimpanzees and gorillas, bonobos have not been found infected by malaria parasites in the wild. Here, Liu et al. report more thorough survey and sequencing results showing that bonobos host malaria parasites, including a yet-unknown species, but only in the eastern-most part of their range.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Weimin Liu, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Gerald H. Learn, Erik J. Scully, Yingying Li, Alexa N. Avitto, Dorothy E. Loy, Abigail P. Lauder, Sesh A. Sundararaman, Lindsey J. Plenderleith, Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango, Alexander V. Georgiev, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Martine Peeters, Paco Bertolani, Jef Dupain, Cintia Garai, John A. Hart, Terese B. Hart, George M. Shaw, Paul M. Sharp, Beatrice H. Hahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01798-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01798-5

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