Tamasa Araki, Akihide Koyama, Hiro Yoshimura, Ayako Arai, Satoru Kawai, Shuto Sekizawa, Yuko Umeki, Yumiko Saito-Nakano, Takashi Imai, Munehiro Okamoto, Megumi Sato, Wipaporn Thabthimthong, Taratorn Kemthong, Hajime Hisaeda, Suchinda Malaivijitnond, Takeshi Annoura
Malaria remains a significant global public health concern, with a recent increase in the number of zoonotic malaria cases in Southeast Asian countries. However, limited reports on the vector for zoonotic malaria exist owing to difficulties in detecting parasite DNA in Anopheles mosquito vectors. Herein, we demonstrate for the first time that several Anopheles mosquitoes contain simian malaria parasite DNA using droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), a highly sensitive PCR method. An entomological survey was conducted to identify simian malaria vector species at Phra Phothisat Temple (PPT), central Thailand, recognized for a high prevalence of simian malaria in wild cynomolgus macaques...
March 25, 2024: Parasitology International