Landscape drives zoonotic malaria prevalence in non-human primates

Zoonotic disease dynamics in wildlife hosts are rarely quantified at macroecological scales due to the lack of systematic surveys. Non-human primates (NHPs) host Plasmodium knowlesi, a zoonotic malaria of public health concern and the main barrier to malaria elimination in Southeast Asia. Understand...

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Published in:eLife
Main Authors: Emilia Johnson, Reuben Sunil Kumar Sharma, Pablo Ruiz Cuenca, Isabel Byrne, Milena Salgado-Lynn, Zarith Suraya Shahar, Lee Col Lin, Norhadila Zulkifli, Nor Dilaila Mohd Saidi, Chris Drakeley, Jason Matthiopoulos, Luca Nelli, Kimberly Fornace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2024-05-01
Subjects:
Plasmodium knowlesi
macaca fascicularis
malaria
forest fragmentation
landscape change
disease ecology
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/88616

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