Spatio‐temporal distribution and hotspots of Plasmodium knowlesi infections in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Nur Emyliana, Yunos, Sharkawi, Hamidi Mohamad, Hii, King Ching, Hu, Ting Huey, Dayang Shuaisah, Awang Mohamad, Rosli, Nawal, Tarmiji, Masron, Balbir, Singh, Divis, Paul Cliff Simon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2022
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40173/3/Spatio%E2%80%91temporal%20-%201.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40173/; https://www.nature.com/srep/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21439-2

Plasmodium knowlesi infections in Malaysia are a new threat to public health and to the national efforts on malaria elimination. In the Kapit division of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, two divergent P. knowlesi subpopulations (termed Cluster 1 and Cluster 2) infect humans and are associated with long-ta...