2008
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.643
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Detection of New Babesia microti-like Parasites in a Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) with a Suppressed Plasmodium cynomolgi Infection

Abstract: A new type of piroplasm, phylogenetically closest to Babesia microti-like parasites previously detected in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris orientis), was identified in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) imported from China. After challenge with Plasmodium cynomolgi M strain blood-stage parasites, the rhesus monkey repeatedly showed markedly reduced levels of Plasmodium parasitemia when compared with animals not infected with this organism.

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“…Similar co-infection with both agents were reported from experiments using animal models of malaria, the rhesus monkey imported from Guangxi, P.R. China with a suspected infection of B. microti -like that originated from a primate-breeding facility [ 22 ]. Two cases of febrile patients who were co-infected with Plasmodium and Babesia in malaria endemic areas were detected in our laboratory using molecular epidemiology survey, but the dominant parasite was unclear and to detect species of Plasmodium or Babesia by microscopy in co-infection cases was more difficult [ 16 ].…”
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“…Similar co-infection with both agents were reported from experiments using animal models of malaria, the rhesus monkey imported from Guangxi, P.R. China with a suspected infection of B. microti -like that originated from a primate-breeding facility [ 22 ]. Two cases of febrile patients who were co-infected with Plasmodium and Babesia in malaria endemic areas were detected in our laboratory using molecular epidemiology survey, but the dominant parasite was unclear and to detect species of Plasmodium or Babesia by microscopy in co-infection cases was more difficult [ 16 ].…”
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“…This indicates that B. microti- infections were not the predominant species in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [ 43 ]. In 2008, B. microti -like parasites were identified in one rhesus monkey ( Macaca mulatta ) imported from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the suspected infection of B. microti originated from a primate-breeding facility [ 22 ]. This provided anecdoctal evidence of the presence of natural foci of B. mciroti in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.…”
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“…Co-infection with both agents was reported in another rhesus monkey imported from Guangxi, P.R. China and the suspected infection of B. microti -like originated from primate-breeding facility [34]. Here, we detected two cases of febrile patients who were co-infected with Plasmodium spp.…”
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“…During recovery from anemia, the parasitemia decreased to less than 5%. The piroplasm was identified by PCR and subsequent 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing [3] as a rhesus monkey B. microti -like parasite [7], showing 100% identity to Genbank Accession No. EU168705.1.…”
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