Plasmodium knowlesi: The game changer for malaria eradication

• Main Authors: Lee, Wenn Chyau, Cheong, Fei Wen, Amir, Amirah, Lai, Meng Yee, Tan, Jia Hui, Phang, Wei Kit, Shahari, Shahhaziq, Lau, Yee-Ling
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/42824/

Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite that has gained increasing medical interest over the past two decades. This zoonotic parasitic infection is prevalent in Southeast Asia and causes many cases with fulminant pathology. Despite several biogeographical restrictions that limit its distr...