Geographic and ethnic distribution of Plasmodium knowlesi infection in Sabah, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Daw Khin Saw Naing, Anderios F., Zaw Lin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Scopus 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30180/1/Geographic%20and%20ethnic%20distribution%20of%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20infection%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30180/3/Geographic%20and%20ethnic%20distribution%20of%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20infection%20in%20Sabah%20Malaysia%20FULLTEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30180/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228833814_Geographic_and_Ethnic_Distribution_of_P_knowlesi_infection_in_Sabah_Malaysia

Background: Plasmodium knowlesi, an originally zoonotic malaria parasite is now increasingly recognized as a potentially virulent type of human malaria, particularly in South East Asia. The initial diagnosis based on light microscopy would not differentiate P knowlesi from P malaria and the nested P...