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. 2021 Jun 22;10(7):791. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10070791

Table 1.

Plasmodium species found in neotropical non-human primates.

Host Location Plasmodium Species Sampling (Invasive
Non-Invasive)
Detection Methods References
Alouatta seniculus. Brazil Plasmodium sp. Invasive Conventional microscopy (GIEMSA)
PCR
[17]
Alouatta caraya
Alouatta guariba clamitans
Alouatta seniculus macconnelli
Sapajus apella
Brazil
French Guiana
Plasmodium vivax Invasive Microscopy
Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay
IFA
ELISA
PCR
Real-time PCR
[22,45,46]
Alouatta sp.
Alouatta seniculus
Alouatta seniculus straminea
Alouatta caraya
Alouatta guariba clamitans
Alouatta guariba guariba
Aotus nigriceps
Alouatta g. clamitans
Ateles sp.
Ateles belzebuth
Ateles chamek
Ateles paniscus
Aotus nigriceps
Bracytheles arachnoides
Cacajao calvus
Cacajao rubicundus
Callicebus bruneus
Callicebus dubuis
Callicebus moloch
Callicebus personatus
Callicebus torquatus
Callithrix geoffroyi
Cebus sp.
Chiropotes albinasus
Chiropotes chiropotes
Chiropotus sp.
Chiropotes satanas
Lagothrix cana cana
Lagothrix lagotricha lagotricha
Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii
Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Leontopithecus rosalia
Mico humeralifer
Pithecia monachus
Pithecia irrorata
Pithecia pithecia
Saguinus martinsi martinsi
Saguinus martinsi ochraceous
Saguinus midas niger
Saguinus midas
Saimiri sp.
Saimiri sciureus
Saimiri sciureus sciureus
Saimiri sciureus boliviensis
Saimiri ustus
Sapajus apella apella
Sapajus apella macrocephalus
Sapajus robustus
Sapajus xanthosternos
French Guyana
Brazil
Venezuela
Plasmodium brasilianum Invasive Blood smears
Conventional microscopy (GIEMSA)
PCR
ELISA
[14,15,16,17,18,19,20]
Alouatta guariba clamitans
Cebus sp.
Sapajus robustus
Sapajus xanthosternos
Brazil Plasmodium simium Invasive
Non-Invasive
Blood smears
PCR
PCR from faecal samples
Nested-PCR
[18,21,22,23]
Alouatta caraya
Alouatta guariba
Alouatta puruensis
Alouatta seniculus macconnelli
Ateles chamek
Callicebus bruneus
Lagothrix cana cana
Sapajus apella
Brazil
French Guyana
Plasmodium falciparum Invasive ELISA
IFA
PCR
[14,45]