Plasmodium knowlesi infection in humans, Cambodia, 2007-2010

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;17(10):1900-2. doi: 10.3201/eid1710.110355.

Abstract

Two cases of Plasmodium knowlesi infection in humans were identified in Cambodia by 3 molecular detection assays and sequencing. This finding confirms the widespread distribution of P. knowlesi malaria in humans in Southeast Asia. Further wide-scale studies are required to assess the public health relevance of this zoonotic malaria parasite.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cambodia
  • Genes, Protozoan
  • Humans
  • Malaria / diagnosis*
  • Malaria / pathology
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmodium knowlesi* / genetics
  • Plasmodium knowlesi* / isolation & purification

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JF419317
  • GENBANK/JF419318
  • GENBANK/JF419319
  • GENBANK/JF419320
  • GENBANK/JF419321
  • GENBANK/JF419322
  • GENBANK/JF419323