Naturally Acquired Plasmodium Knowlesi Malaria in Human, Thailand

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2005 Jan 25

PMID 15663864

Citations 128

Authors

Somchai Jongwutiwes

Chaturong Putaporntip

Takuya Iwasaki

Tetsutaro Sata

Hiroji Kanbara

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Abstract

We describe a case of naturally acquired infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Thailand. Diagnosis was confirmed by the small subunit ribosomal RNA and the mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. The occurrence of simian malaria in human has signified the roles of wild primate populations in disease transmission in some malaria-endemic areas.

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