Defining the ecological and evolutionary drivers of Plasmodium knowlesi transmission within a multi-scale framework

• Main Authors: Gael Davidson, Tock, Hing Chua, Angus Cook, Peter Speldewinde, Philip Weinstein
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English; English
• 出版: BioMed Central Ltd. 2019
• 主題: QL360-599.82 Invertebrates
• 在線閱讀: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34001/1/Defining%20the%20ecological%20and%20evolutionary%20drivers%20of%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20transmission%20within%20a%20multi-scale%20framework.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34001/2/Defining%20the%20ecological%20and%20evolutionary%20drivers%20of%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20transmission%20within%20a%20multi-scale%20framework.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34001/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2693-2; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2693-2

Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite normally residing in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis and Macaca nemestrina, respectively) found throughout Southeast Asia. Recently, knowlesi malaria has become the predominant malaria affecting humans in Malaysian Borneo, b...