Human Plasmodium knowlesi infections in young children in central Vietnam

• Main Authors: Eede, P.V., Van, H.N., Van Overmeir, C., Vythilingam, I., Duc, T.N., Hung, L.X., Manh, H.N., Anné, J., D'Alessandro, U., Erhart, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4127/1/Eede-2009-Human_Plasmodium_kno.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4127/; http://www.malariajournal.com/content/pdf/1475-2875-8-249.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background Considering increasing reports on human infections by Plasmodium knowlesi in Southeast Asian countries, blood samples collected during two large cross-sectional malariometric surveys carried out in a forested area of central Vietnam in 2004 and 2005 were screened for this parasite. Method...