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Human infection with an ape Plasmodium vivax-like parasite
Tue Sparholt Jørgensen, Paul M. Sharp, Jonathan Szeps…·Christen Rune Stensvold
The paper reports a case of human infection with an ape-like Plasmodium vivax parasite, identified through whole-genome sequencing, suggesting zoonotic transmission from wild gorillas and chimpanzees.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.23.757543