Nature Communications (Nov 2017)
Wild bonobos host geographically restricted malaria parasites including a putative new Laverania species
- Weimin Liu,
- Scott Sherrill-Mix,
- Gerald H. Learn,
- Erik J. Scully,
- Yingying Li,
- Alexa N. Avitto,
- Dorothy E. Loy,
- Abigail P. Lauder,
- Sesh A. Sundararaman,
- Lindsey J. Plenderleith,
- Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango,
- Alexander V. Georgiev,
- Steve Ahuka-Mundeke,
- Martine Peeters,
- Paco Bertolani,
- Jef Dupain,
- Cintia Garai,
- John A. Hart,
- Terese B. Hart,
- George M. Shaw,
- Paul M. Sharp,
- Beatrice H. Hahn
Affiliations
- Weimin Liu
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Scott Sherrill-Mix
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Gerald H. Learn
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Erik J. Scully
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Yingying Li
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Alexa N. Avitto
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Dorothy E. Loy
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Abigail P. Lauder
- Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania
- Sesh A. Sundararaman
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Lindsey J. Plenderleith
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh
- Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango
- Department of Ecology and Management of Plant and Animal Resources, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani
- Alexander V. Georgiev
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Steve Ahuka-Mundeke
- Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale, University of Kinshasa
- Martine Peeters
- Unité Mixte Internationale 233, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), INSERM U1175, University of Montpellier 1
- Paco Bertolani
- Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
- Jef Dupain
- African Wildlife Foundation Conservation Centre
- Cintia Garai
- Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba Project
- John A. Hart
- Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba Project
- Terese B. Hart
- Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba Project
- George M. Shaw
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Paul M. Sharp
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh
- Beatrice H. Hahn
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01798-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Unlike chimpanzees and gorillas, bonobos have not been found infected by malaria parasites in the wild. Here, Liu et al. report more thorough survey and sequencing results showing that bonobos host malaria parasites, including a yet-unknown species, but only in the eastern-most part of their range.
