Time to drop the term 'simian malaria parasites'.
Plasmodium
malaria
primate
simian
terminology
Journal
Trends in parasitology
ISSN: 1471-5007
Titre abrégé: Trends Parasitol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100966034
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Dec 2023
20 Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
16
11
2023
revised:
29
11
2023
accepted:
29
11
2023
medline:
22
12
2023
pubmed:
22
12
2023
entrez:
21
12
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The term 'simian malaria parasites' has crept into the modern malaria literature as a synonym for 'non-human primate malaria parasites', most commonly referring to species of Plasmodium infective to Old World monkeys. As humans are also simians, we contend that this usage is erroneous, and should not be used.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38129281
pii: S1471-4922(23)00290-8
doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.010
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.