Skip to main content

Table 2 Plasmodium sp. infection in non-human primates in Rondônia, Brazil, 2009–2012

From: Natural Plasmodium infection in monkeys in the state of Rondônia (Brazilian Western Amazon)

 

Number of specimens

Infected

Species

Wild

Captive

Total

Wild

Captive

Total (%)

 

Unstablea

Stableb

  

Unstable (%)a

Stable (%)b

  

Family callitrichidae

Callibela humilis

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

Callibela goeldii

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cebuella pygmaea

4

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

Mico melanurus

3

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

Mico rondoni

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Saguinus weddelli

3

3

-

6

-

-

-

-

Saguinus labiatus

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

Family cebidae

Cebus albifrons

1

-

2

3

 

-

-

-

Sapajus apella

11

6

16

33

1B

-

1B

2(6.1)

Sapajus cay

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

Saimiri boliviensis

2

-

2

4

-

-

-

-

Saimiri ustus

6

6

-

12

1B

-

-

1(8.3)

Family aotidae

Aotus nigriceps

9

3

2

14

1B

-

-

1(7.1)

Family pitheciidae

Callicebus brunneus

6

3

2

11

-

1FB

-

1(9.1)

Callicebus dubius

2

-

-

2

1B

-

-

1(50)

Callicebus bernhardi

-

1

-

1

 

-

-

-

Callicebus cinerascens

4

2

-

6

 

-

-

-

Chiropotes albinasus

1

1

-

2

 

1B

-

1(50)

Pithecia irrorata

13

5

4

22

5B

1B

-

6(27.3)

Family atelidae

Alouatta puruensis

7

7

2

16

 

-

1F

1(6.3)

Alouatta caraya

-

4

-

4

 

-

-

-

Ateles chamek

4

9

9

22

 

3B

1F

3(13.6)

Lagothrix cana cana

5

2

9

16

1FB

1B

-

2(12.5)

Total

82

53

49

184

10(12.2)

7(13.2)

3(6.1)

20(10.9)

  1. a Specimens from environmentally unstable areas.
  2. b Specimens from environmentally stable areas.
  3. B Positive for P. brasilianum only.
  4. F Positive for P. falciparum only.
  5. FB Positive for both P. falciparum and P. brasilianum.