Updating estimates of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria risk in response to changing land use patterns across Southeast Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic parasite that causes malaria in humans. The pathogen has a natural host reservoir in certain macaque species and is transmitted to humans via mosquitoes of the Anopheles Leucosphyrus Group. The risk of human P. knowlesi infection varies across Southeast Asia and is dependent upon environmental factors. Understanding this geographic variation in risk is important both for enabling appropriate diagnosis and treatment of the disease and for improving the planning and evaluation of malaria elimination. However, the data available on P. knowlesi occurrence are biased towards regions with greater surveillance and sampling effort. Predicting the spatial variation in risk of P. knowlesi malaria requires methods

SUBMITTER: Tobin RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10441477 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature