Changing epidemiology of malaria in Sabah, Malaysia : increasing incidence of Plasmodium knowlesi

• Main Authors: William, Timothy, Jelip, Jenarun, Menon, Jayaram, Anderios, Fread, Mohammad, Rashidah, Awang Mohammad, Tajul A, Grigg, Matthew J, Yeo, Tsin W, Anstey, Nicholas M, Barber, Bridget E
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101550; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24191
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: While Malaysia has had great success in controlling Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, notifications of Plasmodium malariae and the microscopically near-identical Plasmodium knowlesi increased substantially over the past decade. However, whether this represents microscopic misdi...