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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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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 |