Reimagining zoonotic malaria control in communities exposed to Plasmodium knowlesi infection

• Main Authors: Nurul Athirah Naserrudin, Monroe, April, Culleton, Richard, Rozita Hod, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Kamruddin Ahmed, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2022
• Subjects: RA639-642 Transmission of disease
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33716/1/Reimagining%20zoonotic%20malaria%20control%20in%20communities%20exposed%20to%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20infection.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33716/2/Reimagining%20zoonotic%20malaria%20control%20in%20communities%20exposed%20to%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20infection%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33716/; https://jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40101-022-00288-y.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-022-00288-y

Plasmodium knowlesi malaria infection in humans has been reported throughout southeast Asia. The communities at risk are those living in areas where Macaque monkeys and Anopheles mosquito are present. Zoonotic malaria control is challenging due to the presence of the reservoir host and the possibili...