Malaria parasites of long-tailed macaques in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo: a novel species and demographic and evolutionary histories

Malaria parasites of long-tailed macaques in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo: a novel species and demographic and evolutionary histories

Abstract Background Non-human primates have long been identified to harbour different species of Plasmodium. Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), in particular, are reservoirs for P. knowlesi, P. inui, P. cynomolgi, P. coatneyi and P. fieldi. A previous study conducted in Sarawak, Malaysian B...

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Main Authors: Thamayanthi Nada Raja, Ting Huey Hu, Ramlah Zainudin, Kim Sung Lee, Susan L. Perkins, Balbir Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Long-tailed macaque
Macaca fascicularis
Plasmodium
Population expansion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1170-9

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