Importance of Proactive Malaria Case Surveillance and Management in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent, Mahpot, Rizawati, Dzul, Shairah, Abdul Razak, Hairul Anuar, Ahmad Shah Azizi, Noor Asmah, Kamarudin, Marina, Russell, Bruce, Lim, Khai Lone, De Silva, Jeremy Ryan, Lim, Bing Sheng, Jelip, Jenarun, Mudin, Rose Nani, Lau, Yee Ling
• Format: Article
• Published: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21473/; https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-1010

Although Plasmodium vivax infections in Malaysia are usually imported, a significant autochthonous outbreak of vivax malaria was detected in a remote indigenous (Orang Asli) settlement located in northern peninsular Malaysia. Between November 2016 and April 2017, 164 cases of P. vivax infection were...