Figure 4From: Simian malaria in the Brazilian Atlantic forest: first description of natural infection of capuchin monkeys (Cebinae subfamily) by Plasmodium simium Multiple sequence alignment of Plasmodium 18SSU rRNA fragment performed by the muscle algorithm. The 18SSU rRNA partial sequences (second amplicon from Nested-PCR) obtained herein are from parasites of: Sapajus xanthosternos (sample 2324), Cebus sp. (2559 and 2503), dead wild Alouatta g. clamitans (MP1943). These sequences were compared to sequences from Plasmodium species available in GenBank [accession number]: P. vivax [GenBank: AY579418.1], Plasmodium cynomolgi [Genbank:JQ794445.1], Plasmodium knowlesi [GenBank: AY579417], P. falciparum [GenBank: JQ627150.1], P. malariae [GenBank: GU815531.1], P. brasilianum [GenBank: KC906730.1] and Plasmodium ovale [GenBank: KF018663.1].Back to article page