Plasmodium simium in the Aotus trivirgatus Monkey

Plasmodium simium in the Aotus trivirgatus Monkey

Plasmodium simium was shown to be infectious to Aotus trivirgatus monkeys by the inoculation of sporozoites or parasitized blood. Anopheles freeborni mosquitoes were infected by feeding on an intact monkey. However, splenectomy resulted in increased parasitemia and increased mosquito infection level...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of parasitology 1973-02, Vol.59 (1), p.49-51
Hauptverfasser: Collins, William E., Contacos, Peter G., Guinn, Elizabeth G., Skinner, Jimmie C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Anopheles
Haplorhini
Infections
Malaria
Malaria - etiology
Malaria - immunology
Malaria - microbiology
Malaria - veterinary
Monkey Diseases - etiology
Monkey Diseases - immunology
Monkey Diseases - microbiology
Monkeys
Mosquitos
Parasite hosts
Parasitemia
Parasitism
Plasmodium - isolation & purification
Primates
Spleen - immunology
Splenectomy
Sporozoites
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Zusammenfassung:Plasmodium simium was shown to be infectious to Aotus trivirgatus monkeys by the inoculation of sporozoites or parasitized blood. Anopheles freeborni mosquitoes were infected by feeding on an intact monkey. However, splenectomy resulted in increased parasitemia and increased mosquito infection levels.
ISSN:0022-3395
1937-2345
DOI:10.2307/3278570