Risk factor of plasmodium knowlesi infection in Sabah Borneo Malaysia, 2020: a population-based case-control study

• Main Authors: Zefong, Abraham Chin, Richard Avoi, Azman Atil @ Azmi, Khamisah Awang Lukman, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim, Mohd Yusof Ibrahim, Kamruddin Ahmed, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Public Library Science 2021
• Subjects: RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31373/1/Risk%20factor%20of%20plasmodium%20knowlesi%20infection%20in%20Sabah%20Borneo%20Malaysia%2C%202020_%20a%20population-based%20case-control%20study_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31373/3/Risk%20factor%20of%20plasmodium%20knowlesi%20infection%20in%20Sabah%20Borneo%20Malaysia%2C%202020_%20a%20population-based%20case-control%20study_FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31373/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257104; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257104

Background: In the Malaysian state of Sabah, P. knowlesi notifications increased from 2% (59/2,741) of total malaria notifications in 2004 to 98% (2030/2,078) in 2017. There was a gap regarding P. knowlesi acquisition risk factors related to practice specifically in working age group. The main objec...