Plasmodium knowlesi in human, Indonesian Borneo.

ABSTRACT: Plasmodium knowlesi is now established as the fifth Plasmodium species to cause malaria in humans. We describe a case of P. knowlesi infection acquired in Indonesian Borneo that was imported into Australia. Clinicians need to consider this diagnosis in a patient who has acquired malaria in forest areas of Southeast Asia.

SUBMITTER: Figtree M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3321967 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature