Macaca fascicularis and Macaca nemestrina infected with zoonotic malaria parasites are widely distributed in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Thamayanthi, Nada-Raja, Khamisah A., Kadir, Paul C. S., Divis, Dayang S.A., Mohamad, Asmad, Matusop, Balbir, Singh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature 0021
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39511/1/s41598-022-14560-9.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39511/; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14560-9; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14560-9

Human infections with Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of Macaca fascicularis and Macaca nemestrina (long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques respectively), occur throughout Southeast Asia, especially Malaysian Borneo. Other naturally-acquired human infections with malaria parasites from macaques...