Plasmodium knowlesi malaria an emerging public health problem in Hulu Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia (2009-2013): Epidemiologic and entomologic analysis

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vythilingam, Indra ^a   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Venugopalan, Balan ^b   Ngui, Romano ^a   Leong, Cherng Shii ^a   Wong, Meng Li ^a   Khaw, LokeTim ^a   Goh, XiangTing ^a   Yap, NanJiun ^a   Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff Wan ^a   Jeffery, John ^a   Zawiah, Ab Ghani C T ^c   Aszlina, Ismail Nor ^d   Sharma, Reuben S K ^e   Ling, Lau Yee ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Selangor State Health Department   (Malaysia)

^c Vector Control Unit   (Malaysia)

^d Hulu Selangor Health District ^*  (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

An. introlatus; Malaysia; P. knowlesi; Vector

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES INTROLATUS; ANOPHELES LATENS; ANOPHELES LETIFER; ANOPHELES MACULATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHILD; CONTROL STRATEGY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUCOSPHYRUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPOROZOITE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; TRANSMISSION;

PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908393791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-436     Document Type: Article

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