Plasmodium knowlesi: reservoir hosts and tracking the emergence in humans and macaques.
Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite originally thought to be restricted to macaques in Southeast Asia, has recently been recognized as a significant cause of human malaria. Unlike the benign and morphologically similar P. malariae, these parasites can lead to fatal infections. Malaria parasites,...
Main Authors: | Kim-Sung Lee, Paul C S Divis, Siti Khatijah Zakaria, Asmad Matusop, Roynston A Julin, David J Conway, Janet Cox-Singh, Balbir Singh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21490952/pdf/?tool=EBI |
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