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SUBMITTER: Delicat-Loembet L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4454650 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Délicat-Loembet Lucresse L Rougeron Virginie V Ollomo Benjamin B Arnathau Céline C Roche Benjamin B Elguero Eric E Moukodoum Nancy Diamella ND Okougha Alain-Prince AP Mve Ondo Bertrand B Boundenga Larson L Houzé Sandrine S Galan Maxime M Nkoghé Dieudonné D Leroy Eric M EM Durand Patrick P Paupy Christophe C Renaud François F Prugnolle Franck F
PloS one 20150603 6
African great apes are naturally infected by a multitude of Plasmodium species most of them recently discovered, among which several are closely related to human malaria agents. However, it is still unknown whether these animals can serve as source of infections for humans living in their vicinity. To evaluate this possibility, we analysed the nature of Plasmodium infections from a bank of 4281 human blood samples collected in 210 villages of Gabon, Central Africa. Among them, 2255 were detected ...[more]