Malaria-like symptoms associated with a natural Plasmodium reichenowi infection in a chimpanzee

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Herbert, Anaïs | Boundenga, Larson | Meyer, Anne | Moukodoum, Diamella Nancy | Okouga, Alain Prince | Arnathau, C. | Patrick, Durand | Magnus, Julie | Ngoubangoye, Barthélémy | Willaume, Eric | Ba, Cheikh Tidiane | Rougeron, Virginie | Renaud, François | Ollomo, Benjamin | Prugnolle, Franck

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International audience. Although Plasmodium infections have never been clearly associated with symptoms in non-human primates, the question of the pathogenicity of Plasmodium parasites in non-human primates still remains unanswered. A young chimpanzee, followed before and after release to a sanctuary, in a semi-free ranging enclosure located in an equatorial forest, showed fever and strong anaemia associated with a high Plasmodium reichenowi infection, shortly after release. The animal recovered from anaemia after several months despite recurrent infection with other Plasmodium species. This may be the first description of malaria-like symptoms in a chimpanzee infected with Plasmodium.

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