Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in Humans Is Widely Distributed and Potentially Life Threatening
Author(s) -
Janet CoxSingh,
Timothy M. E. Davis,
K.-S. Lee,
Sunita SG Shamsul,
Asmad Matusop,
S. Ratnam,
H. Rahman,
David J. Conway,
Balbir Singh
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/524888
Subject(s) - plasmodium knowlesi , malaria , plasmodium malariae , medicine , plasmodium (life cycle) , virology , population , rapid diagnostic test , diagnosis of malaria , nested polymerase chain reaction , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , polymerase chain reaction , biology , parasite hosting , environmental health , plasmodium vivax , biochemistry , world wide web , computer science , gene
Until recently, Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in humans was misdiagnosed as Plasmodium malariae malaria. The objectives of the present study were to determine the geographic distribution of P. knowlesi malaria in the human population in Malaysia and to investigate 4 suspected fatal cases.
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