Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2011)

Plasmodium knowlesi Infection in Humans, Cambodia, 2007–2010

  • Nimol Khim,
  • Sovannaroth Siv,
  • Saorin Kim,
  • Tara Mueller,
  • Erna Fleischmann,
  • Balbir Singh,
  • Paul Cliff Simon Divis,
  • Nicolas Steenkeste,
  • Linda Duval,
  • Christiane Bouchier,
  • Socheat Duong,
  • Frederic Ariey,
  • Didier Ménard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110355
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 10
pp. 1900 – 1902

Abstract

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Two cases of Plasmodium knowlesi infection in humans were identified in Cambodia by 3 molecular detection assays and sequencing. This finding confirms the widespread distribution of P. knowlesi malaria in humans in Southeast Asia. Further wide-scale studies are required to assess the public health relevance of this zoonotic malaria parasite.

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