Susceptibility of human Plasmodium knowlesi infections to anti-malarials

• Main Authors: Farrah, A Fatih, Staines, Henry M, Siner, Angela, Mohammed Atique, Ahmed, Lu, Chan Woon, Pasini, Erica M, Kocken, Clemens HM, Balbir, Singh, Cox-Singh, J., Sanjeev, Krishna
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15795/1/Susceptibility%20of%20human%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15795/; https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2875-12-425

Background: Evidence suggests that Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo remains zoonotic, meaning anti-malarial drug resistance is unlikely to have developed in the absence of drug selection pressure. Therefore, adequate response to available anti-malarial treatments is assumed...