Absence of Plasmodium inui and Plasmodium cynomolgi, but detection of Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium vivax infections in asymptomatic humans in the Betong division of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Siner, Angela, Liew, Sze-Tze, Khamisah, Abdul Kadir, Dayang Shuaisah, Awang Mohamad, Felicia Kavita, Thomas, Mohammad, Zulkarnaen, Balbir, Singh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General); R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18395/1/Angela.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18395/; https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12936-017-2064-9?site=malariajournal.biomedcentral.com

Background: Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite, has become the main cause of malaria in Sarawak,Malaysian Borneo. Epidemiological data on malaria for Sarawak has been derived solely from hospitalized patients,and more accurate epidemiological data on malaria is necessary. Therefore, a lo...