Increased detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sandakan division, Sabah as revealed by PlasmoNex (TM)

• Main Authors: Goh, X.T., Al Lim, Y., Vythilingam, I., Chew, C.H., Lee, P.C., Ngui, R., Tan, T.C., Yap, N.J., Nissapatorn, V., Chua, K.H.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8453/

Background: Plasmodium knowlesi is a simian malaria parasite that is widespread in humans in Malaysian Borneo. However, little is known about the incidence and distribution of this parasite in the Sandakan division, Malaysian Borneo. Therefore, the aim of the present epidemiological study was to inv...