Distribution and prevalence of malaria parasites among long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in regional populations across Southeast Asia

Background: Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium cynomolgi are two malaria parasites naturally transmissible between humans and wild macaque through mosquito vectors, while Plasmodium inui can be experimentally transmitted from macaques to humans. One of their major natural hosts, the long-tailed maca...

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Main Authors: Xinjun, Zhang, Khamisah, Abdul Kadir, Leslie Fabiola, Quintanilla‑Zariñan, Villano, Jason, Houghton, Paul, Hongli, Du, Balbir, Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2016
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13941/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13941/1/Distribution%20and%C2%A0prevalence.pdf