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Plasmodium knowlesi in Human, Indonesian Borneo

2010; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1604.091624

1080-6059

Melanie Figtree, Rogan Lee, Lisa Bain, T. J. Kennedy, Sonia Mackertich, Merrill Urban, Qin Cheng, Bernard Hudson,

Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Abstract Plasmodium knowlesi is now established as the fifth Plasmodium species to cause malaria in humans. We describe a case of P. knowlesi infection acquired in Indonesian Borneo that was imported into Australia. Clinicians need to consider this diagnosis in a patient who has acquired malaria in forest areas of Southeast Asia.