Plasmodium knowlesi: Reservoir Hosts and Tracking the Emergence in Humans and Macaques

• Main Authors: Lee, Kim-Sung, Paul C, Divis, Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria, Asmad, Matusop, Roynston, A. Julin, Conway, D.J., Cox-Singh, J., Balbir, Singh
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Researchgate 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15815/1/Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20Reservoir%20Hosts%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15815/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51049320

Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite originally thought to be restricted to macaques in Southeast Asia, has recently been recognized as a significant cause of human malaria. Unlike the benign and morphologically similar P. malariae, these parasites can lead to fatal infections. Malaria parasite...