Zoonotic malaria: Plasmodium knowlesi, an emerging pathogen

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 530-536

  Cox Singh, Janet ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

emerging; knowlesi; malaria; pathophysiology; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; DOXYCYCLINE; QUININE;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MACACA; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI;

EID: 84865860734     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3283558780     Document Type: Review

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