Defining the Geographical Range of the Plasmodium knowlesi Reservoir

• Main Authors: Moyes, Catherine L., Henry, Andrew J., Golding, Nick, Zhi, Huang, Balbir, Singh, Baird, J. Kevin, Newton, Paul N., Huffman, Michael, Duda, Kirsten A., Drakeley, Chris J., Iqbal, R., Anstey, Nicholas M., Qijun, Chen, Zommers, Zinta, Bhatt, Samir, Gething, Peter W., Hay, Simon I.
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: PLOS 2014
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15785/1/Defining%20the%20Geographical%20Range%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15785/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261186986_Defining_the_Geographical_Range_of_the_Plasmodium_knowlesi_Reservoir
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Background: The simian malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi, can cause severe and fatal disease in humans yet it is rarely included in routine public health reporting systems for malaria and its geographical range is largely unknown. Because malaria caused by P. knowlesi is a truly neglected trop...