Plasmodium Knowlesi infection in humans, Cambodia, 2007-2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1900-1902

  Khim, Nimol ^a   Siv, Sovannaroth ^b   Kim, Saorin ^a   Mueller, Tara ^c   Fleischmann, Erna ^c   Singh, Balbir ^d   Divis, Paul Cliff Simon ^d   Steenkeste, Nicolas ^e   Duval, Linda ^f   Bouchier, Christiane ^g   Duong, Socheat ^b   Ariey, Frederic ^a   Ménard, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

^b National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^e Fondation Mérieux   (Cambodia)

^f CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; HOST; HUMAN; MACACA; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF CARE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 84930483720     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.110355     Document Type: Article

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