Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in humans is widely distributed and potentially life threatening

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-171

  Cox Singh, Janet ^a   Davis, Timothy M E ^d   Lee, Kim Sung ^d   Shamsul, Sunita S G ^a   Matusop, Asmad ^b   Ratnam, Shanmuga ^c   Rahman, Hasan A ^e   Conway, David J ^f   Singh, Balbir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b Sarawak Health Department   (Malaysia)

^c Sabah Health Department   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Pahang State Health Department   (Malaysia)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39449088243     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524888     Document Type: Article

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