Malaria Journal

Table 3 Prevalence (%) of Plasmodium spp. and number of positive samples per study site and primate species

From: Prevalence of Plasmodium parasites in non-human primates and mosquitoes in areas with different degrees of fragmentation in Colombia

Study site	Primate species	Fecal samples			Blood samples
Study site	Primate species	P. falciparum	P. vivax/simium	P. malariae/brasilianum	P. falciparum	P. vivax/simium	P. malariae/brasilianum
San Juan	Alouatta seniculus	1 (4.3%)				1 (20%)^a	2 (40%)^a
	Cebus versicolor		2 (8.3%)				1 (11.1%)
	Ateles hybridus					1 (25%)	1 (25%)
	Aotus griseimembra			1 (12.5%)			1 (14.2%)
Lucitania	Ateles hybridus		2 (11.11%)^a	2 (11.11%)^a
Rompederos	Alouatta seniculus		4 (16.6%)	1 (4.1%)
	Cebus versicolor
	Ateles hybridus		1 (6.6%)
El Silencio	Alouatta seniculus	1 (9.0%)
El Silencio	Ateles hybridus
Quinchas	Ateles hybridus		1 (5.8%)

^aCo-infections with P. vivax/simium and P. malariae/brasilianum. For specimens with paired blood and fecal samples, consensus in infection results was not obtained

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