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Human infection with an ape Plasmodium vivax-like parasite

  • T. S. Joergensen1
  • P. M. Sharp
  • J. Szeps
  • J. White
  • T. J. Booth
  • H. V. Nielsen
  • C. R. Stensvold
  1. 1Statens Serum Institut
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Abstract

An unusually divergent Plasmodium vivax parasite was reported in a Swedish patient with recent travel. Using whole-genome sequencing, we show that the infection was caused by a strain of ape P. vivax-like, providing evidence of the zoonotic potential of these parasites that infect wild gorillas and chimpanzees in central Africa.

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@misc{joergensen2026human,
  title = {{Human infection with an ape Plasmodium vivax-like parasite}},
  author = {T. S. Joergensen and P. M. Sharp and J. Szeps and J. White and T. J. Booth and H. V. Nielsen and C. R. Stensvold},
  howpublished = {bioRxiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.64898/2026.10.23.757543},
  url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.23.757543v1},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Human infection with an ape Plasmodium vivax-like parasite
AU  - T. S. Joergensen
AU  - P. M. Sharp
AU  - J. Szeps
AU  - J. White
AU  - T. J. Booth
AU  - H. V. Nielsen
AU  - C. R. Stensvold
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/23
PB  - bioRxiv
DO  - 10.64898/2026.10.23.757543
UR  - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.23.757543v1
AB  - An unusually divergent Plasmodium vivax parasite was reported in a Swedish patient with recent travel. Using whole-genome sequencing, we show that the infection was caused by a strain of ape P. vivax-like, providing evidence of the zoonotic potential of these parasites that infect wild gorillas and chimpanzees in central Africa.
ER  -