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Table 2 Morphological and molecular (polymerase chain reacion; PCR) identification of endemic NHPs captured in five provinces of Indonesia

From: The potential for zoonotic malaria transmission in five areas of Indonesia inhabited by non-human primates

Site

Type of identification

Morphological

Moleculara

 

Macaca fascicularis

Macaca nemestrina

Hylobates sp.

n

Hoolock hoolockb

Hylobates albibarbis

Macaca arctoidesb

Macaca brunnescens*

M. fascicularis

Macaca mulattab

M. nemestrinab

Unidentifiedcc

n

Central Java

36

–

–

36

–

–

25

–

–

5

4

2

36

North Sumatra

5

4

–

9

–

–

1

–

–

6

–

2

9

West Sumatra

26

1

–

27

–

–

4

1

1

10

4

7

27

Aceh

17

–

–

17

–

–

9

–

–

–

3

5

17

Central Kalimantan

16

3

2

21

1

1

7

–

–

8

3

1

21

  1. aSpecies identification confirmed by PCR with mitochondrial DNA markers
  2. bSpecies similarity was ≤ 98%; for the other NHPs, species similarity was > 98%
  3. cSequencing unsuccessful
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