Communications Biology (Sep 2022)
The ecology and epidemiology of malaria parasitism in wild chimpanzee reservoirs
- Erik J. Scully,
- Weimin Liu,
- Yingying Li,
- Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango,
- Martine Peeters,
- Shadrack Kamenya,
- Anne E. Pusey,
- Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf,
- Crickette M. Sanz,
- David B. Morgan,
- Alex K. Piel,
- Fiona A. Stewart,
- Mary K. Gonder,
- Nicole Simmons,
- Caroline Asiimwe,
- Klaus Zuberbühler,
- Kathelijne Koops,
- Colin A. Chapman,
- Rebecca Chancellor,
- Aaron Rundus,
- Michael A. Huffman,
- Nathan D. Wolfe,
- Manoj T. Duraisingh,
- Beatrice H. Hahn,
- Richard W. Wrangham
Affiliations
- Erik J. Scully
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Weimin Liu
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Yingying Li
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango
- Department of Ecology and Management of Plant and Animal Resources, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani
- Martine Peeters
- Recherche Translationnelle Appliquée au VIH et aux Maladies Infectieuses, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, University of Montpellier, INSERM
- Shadrack Kamenya
- Gombe Stream Research Centre, The Jane Goodall Institute, Tanzania
- Anne E. Pusey
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University
- Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf
- Department of Psychology, Franklin and Marshall College
- Crickette M. Sanz
- Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
- David B. Morgan
- Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes
- Alex K. Piel
- Department of Anthropology, University College London
- Fiona A. Stewart
- Department of Anthropology, University College London
- Mary K. Gonder
- Department of Biology, Drexel University
- Nicole Simmons
- Zoology Department, Makerere University
- Caroline Asiimwe
- Budongo Conservation Field Station
- Klaus Zuberbühler
- School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews
- Kathelijne Koops
- Department of Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group, University of Zurich
- Colin A. Chapman
- Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, George Washington University
- Rebecca Chancellor
- Department of Anthropology & Sociology, West Chester University
- Aaron Rundus
- Department of Psychology, West Chester University
- Michael A. Huffman
- Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
- Nathan D. Wolfe
- Metabiota Inc
- Manoj T. Duraisingh
- Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
- Beatrice H. Hahn
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Richard W. Wrangham
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03962-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Chimpanzees are known to suffer from malaria parasitism. Here, the prevalence and epidemiology of several malaria parasites is examined in a wild chimpanzee population.
