Severe Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia

Severe Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia

The simian parasite Plasmodium knowlesi causes severe human malaria; the optimal treatment remains unknown. We describe the clinical features, disease spectrum, and response to antimalarial chemotherapy, including artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate, in patients with P. knowlesi malaria diagnosed...

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Main Authors: Timothy William, Jayaram Menon, Giri S. Rajahram, Leslie Chan, Gordon Ma, Samantha Donaldson, Serena Khoo, Charlie Fredrick, Jenarun Jelip, Nicholas M. Anstey, Tsin Wen Yeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Severe malaria
Plasmodium knowlesi
artemisinin derivatives
artesunate
Sabab
Malaysian Borneo
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/7/10-1017_article

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