A Prospective Comparative Study of Knowlesi, Falciparum, and Vivax Malaria in Sabah, Malaysia: High Proportion With Severe Disease From Plasmodium Knowlesi and Plasmodium Vivax But No Mortality With Early Referral and Artesunate Therapy | Zendy

Bridget E. Barber | Zendy; Timothy William | Zendy; Matthew J. Grigg | Zendy; Jayaram Me | Zendy; Sarah Auburn | Zendy; Jutta Marfurt | Zendy; Nicholas M. Anstey | Zendy; Tsin Wen Yeo | Zendy

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A Prospective Comparative Study of Knowlesi, Falciparum, and Vivax Malaria in Sabah, Malaysia: High Proportion With Severe Disease From Plasmodium Knowlesi and Plasmodium Vivax But No Mortality With Early Referral and Artesunate Therapy

Author(s) -

Bridget E. Barber,

Timothy William,

Matthew J. Grigg,

Jayaram Me,

Sarah Auburn,

Jutta Marfurt,

Nicholas M. Anstey,

Tsin Wen Yeo

Publication year - 2012

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 - 10.1093/cid/cis902

Subject(s) - plasmodium knowlesi , artesunate , malaria , parasitemia , plasmodium vivax , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , quinine , artemisinin , virology , immunology

Plasmodium knowlesi commonly causes severe malaria in Malaysian Borneo, with high case-fatality rates reported. We compared risk, spectrum, and outcome of severe disease from P. knowlesi, Plasmodium falciparum, and Plasmodium vivax and outcomes following introduction of protocols for early referral and intravenous artesunate for all severe malaria.

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