| two clusters of plasmodium knowlesi cases in a malaria elimination area, sabang municipality, aceh, indonesia. | in malaria elimination areas, malaria cases are sporadic and consist predominantly of imported cases. plasmodium knowlesi cases have been reported throughout southeast asia where long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques and anopheles leucosphyrus group mosquitoes are sympatric. the limitation of microscopic examination to diagnose p. knowlesi is well known. in consequence, no p. knowlesi case has previously been reported from routine health facility-based case finding activities in indonesia. this re ... | 2018 | 29720188 |
| human infections with plasmodium knowlesi--zoonotic malaria. | in 2004 a large focus of plasmodium knowlesi malaria was reported in the human population in sarawak, malaysian borneo. plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite of the south-east asian macaques (macaca fascicularis and macaca nemestrina), had entered the human population. plasmodium knowlesi is transmitted by the leucosphyrus group of anopheline mosquitoes and transmission is largely zoonotic and restricted to the jungle setting. humans entering jungle transmission sites are at risk. since 2004, human ca ... | 2015 | 25843504 |