Plasmodium simium causing human malaria: a zoonosis with outbreak potential in the Rio de Janeiro Brazilian Atlantic forest
Patrícia Brasil, Mariano Gustavo Zalis, Anielle de Pina-Costa, André Machado Siqueira, Cesare Bianco‐Júnior, Sidnei Silva, André Luiz Lisboa Areas, Marcelo Pelajo‐Machado, Denise Anete Madureira de Alvarenga, Ana Carolina Faria e Silva Santelli, Hermano Gomes Albuquerque, Pedro Cravo, Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu, Cassio Peterka, Graziela Maria Zaniní, , Cláudio Tadeu Daniel‐Ribeiro
The paper identifies Plasmodium simium as the cause of malaria outbreaks in Rio de Janeiro, demonstrating zoonotic transmission from monkeys to humans.
bioRxiv · Mar 29, 2017 · PreprintGenetics