| Autor: |
Costa DC; Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil., da Cunha VP; Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, SC, Brasil., de Assis GM; Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil., de Souza Junior JC; Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, SC, Brasil., Hirano ZM; Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, SC, Brasil., de Arruda ME; Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães-Fiocruz, Recife, PE, Brasil., Kano FS; Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil., Carvalho LH; Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil., de Brito CF; Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. |
| Abstrakt: |
Blood infection by the simian parasite, Plasmodium simium, was identified in captive (n = 45, 4.4%) and in wild Alouatta clamitans monkeys (n = 20, 35%) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil. A single malaria infection was symptomatic and the monkey presented clinical and haematological alterations. A high frequency of Plasmodium vivax-specific antibodies was detected among these monkeys, with 87% of the monkeys testing positive against P. vivax antigens. These findings highlight the possibility of malaria as a zoonosis in the remaining Atlantic Forest and its impact on the epidemiology of the disease. |
