Plasmodium knowlesi malaria: Overview Focussing on Travel-Associated Infections

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Cramer, Jakob P ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Macaques; Malaria; Monkey; Plasmodium knowlesi; Simian; Traveller; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREST; GENDER; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84961331373     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-015-0469-6     Document Type: Review

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