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Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia

In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinici...

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Autores principales: Kantele, Anu, Marti, Hanspeter, Felger, Ingrid, Müller, Dania, Jokiranta, T. Sakari
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.080170