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Human infection with an ape Plasmodium vivax-like parasite
Tue Sparholt JørgenseniD, Paul M. SharpiD, Jonathan Szeps, John Kerr WhiteiD, Thomas BoothiD, Henrik Vedel NielseniD, Christen Rune StensvoldiD
Abstract
An unusually divergent Plasmodium vivax parasite was reported in a Swedish patient with recent travel. Using whole-genome sequencing, we show that the infection was caused by a strain of ape P. vivax-like, providing evidence of the zoonotic potential of these parasites that infect wild gorillas and chimpanzees in central Africa.
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