Environmental and spatial risk factors for the larval habitats of Plasmodium knowlesi vectors in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Byrne, Isabel, Wilfredo Aure, Benny Obrain Joseph Manin, Indra Vythilingam, Ferguson, Heather M., Drakeley, Chris J., Tock, H. Chua, Fornace, Kimberly M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021
• Subjects: RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34459/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34459/3/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34459/; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90893-1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90893-1

Land-use changes, such as deforestation and agriculture, can influence mosquito vector populations and malaria transmission. These land-use changes have been linked to increased incidence in human cases of the zoonotic malaria Plasmodium knowlesi in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. This study investigates w...