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

• Main Authors: Thamayanthi, Nada-Raja, Khamisah, Abdul Kadir, Paul Cliff Simon, Divis, Dayang S.A., Mohamad, Asmad, Matusop, Balbir Singh, Mohan Singh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature 2022
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39514/3/Macaca.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39514/; https://www.nature.com/articles/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...