The emerging threat of Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria infection: a concept paper on the vulnerable factors in human

• Main Authors: Nurul Athirah Naserrudin, Rozita Hod, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Kamruddin Ahmed, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2022
• Subjects: RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33726/1/The%20emerging%20threat%20of%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20Malaria%20infection_%20a%20concept%20paper%20on%20the%20vulnerable%20factors%20in%20human.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33726/2/The%20emerging%20threat%20of%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20Malaria%20infection_%20a%20concept%20paper%20on%20the%20vulnerable%20factors%20in%20human%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33726/; https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/7/4419/htm; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074419
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

In South-East Asia (SEA), there has been an increase in the trend of detected and reported cases of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in the last few decades. This higher transmission rate within SEA countries is attributed to the distribution of the Macaque, banded leaf monkeys, and Anopheles mosquito in...