Naturally Acquired Human Plasmodium cynomolgi and P. knowlesi Infections, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Raja, Thamayanthi Nada, Hu, Ting Huey, Khamisah, Abdul Kadir, Dayang Shuaishah, Awang Mohamad, Rosli, Nawal, Wong, Lolita Lin, Hii, King Ching, Divis, Paul Cliff Simon, Singh, Balbir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: CDC Centers of Disease Control and Prevention 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR Microbiology; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30775/1/Naturally.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30775/; https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-0343_article

To monitor the incidence of Plasmodium knowlesi infections and determine whether other simian malaria parasites are being transmitted to humans, we examined 1,047 blood samples from patients with malaria at Kapit Hospital in Kapit, Malaysia, during June 24, 2013–December 31, 2017. Using nested PCR a...