New vectors in northern Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, for the zoonotic malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi

• Main Authors: Ang Xin De, J., Kadir, Khamisah Abdul, Mohamad, D.S., Matusop, A., Divis, Paul Cliff Simon, Yaman, Khatijah, Singh, Balbir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR Microbiology; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31850/1/New%20vectors%20in%20northern%20Sarawak%2C%20Malaysian%20Borneo%2C%20for%20the%20zoonotic%20malaria%20parasite%2C%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31850/; https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-020-04345-2?utm_source=other&utm_medium=other&utm_content=null&utm_campaign=BSCN_2_DD01_CN_bmcso_article_paid_XMOL

Background Plasmodium knowlesi is a significant cause of human malaria in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Only one study has been previously undertaken in Sarawak to identify vectors of P. knowlesi, where Anopheles latens was incriminated as the vector in Kapit, central Sarawak. A study was therefore un...