Hyperparasitaemic human Plasmodium knowlesi infection with atypical morphology in peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lee, W.C., Chin, P.W., Lau, Y.L., Chin, L.C., Fong, M.Y., Yap, C.J., Supramaniam, R.R., Mahmud, R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8685/1/Lee-2013-Hyperparasitaemic_hu.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8685/; http://www.malariajournal.com/content/12/1/88/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Plasmodium knowlesi is a potentially life-threatening zoonotic malaria parasite due to its relatively short erythrocytic cycle. Microscopic identification of P. knowlesi is difficult, with "compacted parasite cytoplasm" being one of the important identifying keys. This report is about a ca...