Falciparum Malaria Outbreak in Sabah Linked to an Immigrant Rubber Tapper

• Main Authors: Saffree Mohammad Jeffree, Kamruddin Ahmed, Nazarudin Safian, Rohaizat Hassan, Omar Mihat, Khamisah Awang Lukman, Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Fadzilah Kamaludin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25679/1/Falciparum%20Malaria%20Outbreak%20in%20Sabah%20Linked%20to%20an%20Immigrant%20Rubber%20Tapper.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25679/2/Falciparum%20Malaria%20Outbreak%20in%20Sabah%20Linked%20to%20an%20Immigrant%20Rubber%20Tapper1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25679/; https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0081
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Sabah is a Malaysian state situated in the northern part of Borneo, and it is endemic for malaria. The incidence of malaria is the lowest (0.05/1,000 population) in Penampang districts of Sabah. In June 26, 2012, two Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases were notified to public health department from...