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Table 1 Plasmodium brasilianum infection in non-human primates of family Callitrichidae

From: New potential Plasmodium brasilianum hosts: tamarin and marmoset monkeys (family Callitrichidae)

Species

Number of specimens

Positive results by nested PCR

Number

Percentage

Genus Callithrix

 C. geoffroyi

5

1

20%

 C. jacchus

2

0

0

 Hybrid

3

0

0

 Total (genus)

10

1

10%

Genus Leontopithecus

 L. chrysomelas

73

2

2.7%

 L. chrysopygus

4

0

0

 L. rosalia

7

1

14%

 Total (genus)

84

3

3.6%

Genus Mico

 M. humeralifer

4

1

25%

 M. mauesi

1

0

0

 Total (genus)

5

1

20%

Genus Saguinus

 S. bicolor

8

0

0

 S. martinsi martinsi

1

1

100%

 S. midas

9

0

0

 S. niger

3

0

0

 S. martinsi ochraceous

1

1

100%

 Hybrid

1

1

100%

 Total (genus)

23

3

13%

Total (family)

122

8

6.6%