Increasing Incidence of Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria following Control of P. falciparum and P. vivax Malaria in Sabah, Malaysia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  William, Timothy ^a   Rahman, Hasan A ^b   Jelip, Jenarun ^c   Ibrahim, Mohammad Y ^c   Menon, Jayaram ^a,c   Grigg, Matthew J ^a,d   Yeo, Tsin W ^d,e   Anstey, Nicholas M ^d,e   Barber, Bridget E ^a,d  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c Sabah Department of Health   (Malaysia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84872363578     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002026     Document Type: Article

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