Emerg Infect Dis, 2009 Oct;15(10):1657-8.
PMID: 19861067 DOI: 10.3201/eid1510.090364

Abstract

After orangutans in Indonesia were reported as infected with Plasmodium cynomolgi and P. vivax, we conducted phylogenetic analyses of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences of Plasmodium spp. We found that these orangutans are not hosts of P. cynomolgi and P. vivax. Analysis of >or=1 genes is needed to identify Plasmodium spp. infecting orangutans.

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