| transfusion-transmitted severe plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a splenectomized patient with beta-thalassaemia major in sabah, malaysia: a case report. | transfusion-transmitted malaria (ttm) is a well-recognized risk of receiving blood transfusions, and has occurred with plasmodium falciparum, plasmodium vivax, plasmodium ovale, and plasmodium malariae. the simian parasite plasmodium knowlesi is also known to be transmissible through inoculation of infected blood, and this species is now the most common cause of malaria in malaysia with a high rate of severity and fatal cases reported. no confirmed case of accidental transfusion-transmitted p. k ... | 2016 | 27405869 |
| molecular detection of human plasmodium species in sabah using plasmonex™ multiplex pcr and hydrolysis probes real-time pcr. | malaria is a vector borne-parasitic disease transmitted through the bite of the infective female anopheles mosquitoes. five plasmodium species have been recognized by world health organization (who) as the causative agents of human malaria. generally, microscopic examination is the gold standard for routine malaria diagnosis. however, molecular pcr assays in many cases have shown improvement on the sensitivity and specificity over microscopic or other immunochromatographic assays. | 2015 | 25651852 |
| plasmodium knowlesi: from malaysia, a novel health care threat. | epidemic foci of plasmodium knowlesi malaria have been identified during the past ten years in malaysia, in particular in the states of sarawak and sabah (malaysia borneo), and in the pahang region (peninsular malaysia). based on a review of the available recent international literature, the authors underline the importance of molecular biology examinations, polymerase chain reactions (pcr), performed with primers specific for p. knowlesi, since the current microscopic examination (haemoscope) m ... | 2012 | 22475654 |