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Survey of Plasmodium spp. in Free-Ranging Neotropical Primates from the Brazilian Amazon Region impacted by Anthropogenic Actions

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This study investigated Plasmodium spp. infection in free-ranging neotropical primates from Brazilian Amazon regions under the impact of major anthropogenic actions. Blood samples from 19 new world primates were collected and analyzed with microscopic and molecular procedures. The prevalence of Plasmodium infection was 21.0% (4/19) and PCR positive samples were identified as P. brasilianum. Considering the social-economic changes that the Amazon is facing, the prevalence of P. brasilianum infection highlights the necessity to closely monitor the movement of both human and non-human primate populations, in order to mitigate pathogen exposure and the introduction of new agents into previously naïve areas.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Luis Fabio Silveira (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo) and the WCS Brazil team for their support during sample collection. We are grateful to Marco Antonio Rego (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo) for creating the maps (Fig. 1). José Luiz Catão-Dias is a recipient of a scholarship by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico—CNPq (301517/2006-1). The author would also like to thank FAPESP for financial support (Grants 09/51466-4; 09/53561-4).

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  1. Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508 270, Brazil

    Marina G. Bueno & José Luiz Catão-Dias

  2. Tríade—Instituto Brasileiro Para Medicina da Conservação, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Marina G. Bueno

  3. Wildlife Conservation Society/WCS, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Fabio Rohe

  4. Núcleo de Estudos em Malária, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias/Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Karin Kirchgatter, Silvia M. F. Di Santi, Lilian O. Guimarães, Maria J. Costa-Nascimento & Christina R. C. Toniolo

  5. Wildlife Disease Laboratories, Institute for Conservation Research San Diego Zoo Global, Escondido, CA

    Carmel L. Witte

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Bueno, M.G., Rohe, F., Kirchgatter, K. et al. Survey of Plasmodium spp. in Free-Ranging Neotropical Primates from the Brazilian Amazon Region impacted by Anthropogenic Actions. EcoHealth 10, 48–53 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-012-0809-z

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