Molecular Epidemiological Investigation of Plasmodium knowlesi in Humans and Macaques in Singapore

• Main Authors: Wong, Pei Sze Jeslyn, Tan, Cheong Huat, Lee, Vernon, Li, Mei Zhi Irene, Lee, Kim Sung, Lee, Piao Jarrod, Balbir, Singh, Ng, Lee Ching
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15810/1/Molecular%20Epidemiological%20Investigation%20of%20Plasmodium%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15810/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44850761

Singapore reported its first locally acquired human Plasmodium knowlesi infection in 2007, involving a soldier who had undergone training in a forested area where long-tailed macaques are frequently seen. Comprehensive disease surveillance and monitoring system that was set up after the initial ca...