Age-related clinical spectrum of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria and predictors of severity

• Main Authors: Grigg, Matthew J., William, Timothy, Barber, Bridget E., Rajahram, Giri S., Menon, Jayaram, Schimann, Emma, Piera, Kim, Wilkes, Christopher S., Patel, Kaajal, Chandna, Arjun, Drakeley, Christopher J., Yeo, Tsin W., Anstey, Nicholas M.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Plasmodium Knowlesi; Malaria
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144212
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background Plasmodium knowlesi is increasingly reported in Southeast Asia, but prospective studies of its clinical spectrum in children and comparison with autochthonous human-only Plasmodium species are lacking. Methods Over 3.5 years, we prospectively assessed patients of any age with molecul...