Identification of Hepatocystis species in a macaque monkey in northern Myanmar

Long-tailed and pig-tailed macaque monkeys are natural hosts of , which has been identified as a fifth malaria parasite infecting humans. In this study, we investigated possible infection by this parasite in macaque monkeys using a combination of polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencin...

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Published in:Research and reports in tropical medicine 2011-01, Vol.2 (default), p.141-146
Main Authors: Chang, Qiaocheng, Sun, Xiaodong, Wang, Jian, Yin, Jigang, Song, Junpeng, Peng, Shuai, Lu, Huijun, Zhou, Hongning, Jiang, Ning, Chen, Qijun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Infections
Monkeys & apes
Original Research
Parasites
Polymerase chain reaction
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Summary:Long-tailed and pig-tailed macaque monkeys are natural hosts of , which has been identified as a fifth malaria parasite infecting humans. In this study, we investigated possible infection by this parasite in macaque monkeys using a combination of polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing. Forty-five blood samples were obtained in 2010 from macaques in northern Myanmar near Yunnan Province of China and investigated for possible infection with species using a nested polymerase chain reaction method for amplification of 18S SSU rRNA genes. Positive amplification was obtained from one monkey, and both sequence and phylogenetic analysis indicated that the parasite was of the species lineage. The results suggest that a combination of polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequence identification would be necessary for detection of infection in both humans and its natural hosts.
ISSN:1179-7282
1179-7282
DOI:10.2147/RRTM.S27182