Human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi on the Laos-Vietnam border.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Border malaria in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia poses a serious threat to the health of the ethnic minority populations of the region. Traditionally thought to be caused primarily by the malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, recently a zoonotic parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi, has been identified in some countries of the region. The presence of this parasite poses a challenge to malaria control programmes, as it is maintained in a zoonotic reservoir of forest-dwelling macaque monkeys.

Methods

A cross-sectional malaria parasite species prevalence survey was conducted along the Laos-Vietnam border in the central part of the two countries. Human blood samples were collected from Savannakhet in Laos and Quang Tr

SUBMITTER: Pongvongsa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145087 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature